Question

When a carpet is beaten with a stick, dust comes out of it. Explain. 2 marks question ​

Answer 1

Answer:

When a carpet is beaten with a stick, the dust comes out of it because of law of inertia. Initially the dust particles are at rest along with the carpet. Beating the carpet with the stick makes the carpet to move but the dust particles remain at rest due to inertia at rest, thus the dust gets detached from the carpet.

Answer 2

An object's inertia tends to resist any change in its state of rest or motion. If a carpet is beaten with a stick then the carpet begins to move. But, the particles of dust are trying to resist their state of rest...