Question

. Read the following activity carefully and answer the questions that follow: • Hang two tin canisters from long piece of thread. • Fill one with wet sand and keep the other one empty. • Now, try to push the canisters one by one. • Again, pull them aside and when they swing back, stop them with your hand. a) Which canister is harder to push? b) Which one is harder to stop? c) Which has larger mass? d) Which has larger inertia? e) Would you feel the same if the activity was conducted in space

Answer 1

Explanation: a. the cainster filled with sand is harder to push as it has more weight.

b. the empty one is harder to stop as its empty so it will swing and the heavier one is easier to stop as it has more weight.

c. the can filled with sand has larger mass if you are counting along sand. as the sand gains more weight.

d. the can filled with sand has larger inertia.

e. no we would not feel the same. as the container would become or we will feel weightless.