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In India, it has always been the custom to look after the aged. In the days of the proverbial joint family, the patriarchs and matriarchs continued to exercise their authority to the last. With the break-up of the joint family, parents in old age continued to live with their children and grandchildren. However, urbanisation is changing things these days. A small flat cannot accommodate everybody. Parents are either tucked away in some dark, remote quarter or are shared round the year with other members of family. Inevitably, as urbanisation increases, the old in India may find themselves an embarrassment to the young just as in west. They will have to be sent to old people's home, not out of callousness but simply because they cannot be accommodated. Even in the countryside, with cost of living steadily going up, the business of looking after the old is becoming difficult. Doctor's bills are expensive and so are the special foods the old need. If this is tragic, the problem of loneliness is frightening. Many psychologists have written at length on the terror of old age loneliness. There is no one to recall or talk about a world that no longer exists.

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In India, it has always been the custom to look after the aged. In the days of the proverbial joint family, the patriarchs and matriarchs continued to exercise their authority to the last. With the break-up of the joint family, parents in old age continued to live with their children and grandchildren. However, urbanisation is changing things these days. A small flat cannot accommodate everybody. Parents are either tucked away in some dark, remote quarter or are shared round the year with other members of family. Inevitably, as urbanisation increases, the old in India may find themselves an embarrassment to the young just as in west. They will have to be sent to old people's home, not out of callousness but simply because they cannot be accommodated. Even in the countryside, with cost of living steadily going up, the business of looking after the old is becoming difficult. Doctor's bills are expensive and so are the special foods the old need. If this is tragic, the problem of loneliness is frightening. Many psychologists have written at length on the terror of old age loneliness. There is no one to recall or talk about a world that no longer exists.

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In India, it has always been the custom to look after the aged. In the days of the proverbial joint family, the patriarchs and matriarchs continued to exercise their authority to the last. With the break-up of the joint family, parents in old age continued to live with their children and grandchildren. However, urbanisation is changing things these days. A small flat cannot accommodate everybody. Parents are either tucked away in some dark, remote quarter or are shared round the year with other members of family. Inevitably, as urbanisation increases, the old in India may find themselves an embarrassment to the young just as in west. They will have to be sent to old people's home, not out of callousness but simply because they cannot be accommodated. Even in the countryside, with cost of living steadily going up, the business of looking after the old is becoming difficult. Doctor's bills are expensive and so are the special foods the old need. If this is tragic, the problem of loneliness is frightening. Many psychologists have written at length on the terror of old age loneliness. There is no one to recall or talk about a world that no longer exists.

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

In India, it has always been the custom to look after the aged. In the days of the proverbial joint family, the patriarchs and matriarchs continued to exercise their authority to the last. With the break-up of the joint family, parents in old age continued to live with their children and grandchildren. However, urbanisation is changing things these days. A small flat cannot accommodate everybody. Parents are either tucked away in some dark, remote quarter or are shared round the year with other members of family. Inevitably, as urbanisation increases, the old in India may find themselves an embarrassment to the young just as in west. They will have to be sent to old people's home, not out of callousness but simply because they cannot be accommodated. Even in the countryside, with cost of living steadily going up, the business of looking after the old is becoming difficult. Doctor's bills are expensive and so are the special foods the old need. If this is tragic, the problem of loneliness is frightening. Many psychologists have written at length on the terror of old age loneliness. There is no one to recall or talk about a world that no longer exists.

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

In India, it has always been the custom to look after the aged. In the days of the proverbial joint family, the patriarchs and matriarchs continued to exercise their authority to the last. With the break-up of the joint family, parents in old age continued to live with their children and grandchildren. However, urbanisation is changing things these days. A small flat cannot accommodate everybody. Parents are either tucked away in some dark, remote quarter or are shared round the year with other members of family. Inevitably, as urbanisation increases, the old in India may find themselves an embarrassment to the young just as in west. They will have to be sent to old people's home, not out of callousness but simply because they cannot be accommodated. Even in the countryside, with cost of living steadily going up, the business of looking after the old is becoming difficult. Doctor's bills are expensive and so are the special foods the old need. If this is tragic, the problem of loneliness is frightening. Many psychologists have written at length on the terror of old age loneliness. There is no one to recall or talk about a world that no longer exists.

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Asia's importance to Canada has become increasingly evident, particularly with regard to investment from China, patterns of migration and cultural exchange, and the need to cooperate on global problems such as climate change. The rising economies in Asia translate into Asian countries having a greater say in the rules that determine global trade, the global financial system and global security. Asia's rise will have a significant impact on global economic and political dynamics, as well as influence on the arts, culture and innovation of the world. Canada must determine what the future of its engagement with Asia will be.
While Canadians may understand the role of Asia in Canada's history and multicultural communities, their current views on the region are unclear and many Canadians view Asia guardedly. In 2010, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada polled Canadians about their opinions concerning Asia. The results showed that Canadians recognized Asia's strength during the post-recession recovery, with 62% agreeing that closer engagement with Asia is necessary for the country's future prosperity. Poll respondents also acknowledged the need for businesses and the government to focus their attention on Asia.
Despite this awareness, only 29% of respondents consider Canada part of the Asia Pacific region and remain wary of embracing China, even as they acknowledge its growing power. Canadians were more favourable towards India's economic and political rise, viewing India as less threatening socially and militarily.

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Asia's importance to Canada has become increasingly evident, particularly with regard to investment from China, patterns of migration and cultural exchange, and the need to cooperate on global problems such as climate change. The rising economies in Asia translate into Asian countries having a greater say in the rules that determine global trade, the global financial system and global security. Asia's rise will have a significant impact on global economic and political dynamics, as well as influence on the arts, culture and innovation of the world. Canada must determine what the future of its engagement with Asia will be.
While Canadians may understand the role of Asia in Canada's history and multicultural communities, their current views on the region are unclear and many Canadians view Asia guardedly. In 2010, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada polled Canadians about their opinions concerning Asia. The results showed that Canadians recognized Asia's strength during the post-recession recovery, with 62% agreeing that closer engagement with Asia is necessary for the country's future prosperity. Poll respondents also acknowledged the need for businesses and the government to focus their attention on Asia.
Despite this awareness, only 29% of respondents consider Canada part of the Asia Pacific region and remain wary of embracing China, even as they acknowledge its growing power. Canadians were more favourable towards India's economic and political rise, viewing India as less threatening socially and militarily.

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Asia's importance to Canada has become increasingly evident, particularly with regard to investment from China, patterns of migration and cultural exchange, and the need to cooperate on global problems such as climate change. The rising economies in Asia translate into Asian countries having a greater say in the rules that determine global trade, the global financial system and global security. Asia's rise will have a significant impact on global economic and political dynamics, as well as influence on the arts, culture and innovation of the world. Canada must determine what the future of its engagement with Asia will be.
While Canadians may understand the role of Asia in Canada's history and multicultural communities, their current views on the region are unclear and many Canadians view Asia guardedly. In 2010, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada polled Canadians about their opinions concerning Asia. The results showed that Canadians recognized Asia's strength during the post-recession recovery, with 62% agreeing that closer engagement with Asia is necessary for the country's future prosperity. Poll respondents also acknowledged the need for businesses and the government to focus their attention on Asia.
Despite this awareness, only 29% of respondents consider Canada part of the Asia Pacific region and remain wary of embracing China, even as they acknowledge its growing power. Canadians were more favourable towards India's economic and political rise, viewing India as less threatening socially and militarily.

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Asia's importance to Canada has become increasingly evident, particularly with regard to investment from China, patterns of migration and cultural exchange, and the need to cooperate on global problems such as climate change. The rising economies in Asia translate into Asian countries having a greater say in the rules that determine global trade, the global financial system and global security. Asia's rise will have a significant impact on global economic and political dynamics, as well as influence on the arts, culture and innovation of the world. Canada must determine what the future of its engagement with Asia will be.
While Canadians may understand the role of Asia in Canada's history and multicultural communities, their current views on the region are unclear and many Canadians view Asia guardedly. In 2010, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada polled Canadians about their opinions concerning Asia. The results showed that Canadians recognized Asia's strength during the post-recession recovery, with 62% agreeing that closer engagement with Asia is necessary for the country's future prosperity. Poll respondents also acknowledged the need for businesses and the government to focus their attention on Asia.
Despite this awareness, only 29% of respondents consider Canada part of the Asia Pacific region and remain wary of embracing China, even as they acknowledge its growing power. Canadians were more favourable towards India's economic and political rise, viewing India as less threatening socially and militarily.

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Asia's importance to Canada has become increasingly evident, particularly with regard to investment from China, patterns of migration and cultural exchange, and the need to cooperate on global problems such as climate change. The rising economies in Asia translate into Asian countries having a greater say in the rules that determine global trade, the global financial system and global security. Asia's rise will have a significant impact on global economic and political dynamics, as well as influence on the arts, culture and innovation of the world. Canada must determine what the future of its engagement with Asia will be.
While Canadians may understand the role of Asia in Canada's history and multicultural communities, their current views on the region are unclear and many Canadians view Asia guardedly. In 2010, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada polled Canadians about their opinions concerning Asia. The results showed that Canadians recognized Asia's strength during the post-recession recovery, with 62% agreeing that closer engagement with Asia is necessary for the country's future prosperity. Poll respondents also acknowledged the need for businesses and the government to focus their attention on Asia.
Despite this awareness, only 29% of respondents consider Canada part of the Asia Pacific region and remain wary of embracing China, even as they acknowledge its growing power. Canadians were more favourable towards India's economic and political rise, viewing India as less threatening socially and militarily.

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Throughout the world, society stereotypes man as strong, aggressive, logical, insensitive, unemotional, impatient, non-nurturing and mechanically talented while a woman is stereotyped as illogical, emotional, sensitive, patient and naturally nurturing. These stereotypes have exercised a strong hold on how society has viewed men and women. We can see that stereotypes for both man and woman have some positive and some negative characteristics.
Early psychological research suggested that females score high on verbal skills while males score higher on mathematical and spatial skills. Studies also found that men listen with their left hemisphere while women with both hemispheres, which suggests that in addition to content of the statement, women also pay attention to the tone and emotion. However, later researches have found that these differences in cognitive abilities of the two sexes have become less and less obvious as the society has begun to treat the two genders as equal. It has been found that male and female identity begins to develop as early as one year of age, owing to the way our society socialises our children. As a child grows, he/she is told to behave according to what is considered appropriate for his/her sex. The influence that culture can have on our personality was revealed in a landmark study by Margaret Mead in which it was found that there is no identity crisis during adolescence in Samoa tribe due to their liberal gender attitude.

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Throughout the world, society stereotypes man as strong, aggressive, logical, insensitive, unemotional, impatient, non-nurturing and mechanically talented while a woman is stereotyped as illogical, emotional, sensitive, patient and naturally nurturing. These stereotypes have exercised a strong hold on how society has viewed men and women. We can see that stereotypes for both man and woman have some positive and some negative characteristics.
Early psychological research suggested that females score high on verbal skills while males score higher on mathematical and spatial skills. Studies also found that men listen with their left hemisphere while women with both hemispheres, which suggests that in addition to content of the statement, women also pay attention to the tone and emotion. However, later researches have found that these differences in cognitive abilities of the two sexes have become less and less obvious as the society has begun to treat the two genders as equal. It has been found that male and female identity begins to develop as early as one year of age, owing to the way our society socialises our children. As a child grows, he/she is told to behave according to what is considered appropriate for his/her sex. The influence that culture can have on our personality was revealed in a landmark study by Margaret Mead in which it was found that there is no identity crisis during adolescence in Samoa tribe due to their liberal gender attitude.

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

Throughout the world, society stereotypes man as strong, aggressive, logical, insensitive, unemotional, impatient, non-nurturing and mechanically talented while a woman is stereotyped as illogical, emotional, sensitive, patient and naturally nurturing. These stereotypes have exercised a strong hold on how society has viewed men and women. We can see that stereotypes for both man and woman have some positive and some negative characteristics.
Early psychological research suggested that females score high on verbal skills while males score higher on mathematical and spatial skills. Studies also found that men listen with their left hemisphere while women with both hemispheres, which suggests that in addition to content of the statement, women also pay attention to the tone and emotion. However, later researches have found that these differences in cognitive abilities of the two sexes have become less and less obvious as the society has begun to treat the two genders as equal. It has been found that male and female identity begins to develop as early as one year of age, owing to the way our society socialises our children. As a child grows, he/she is told to behave according to what is considered appropriate for his/her sex. The influence that culture can have on our personality was revealed in a landmark study by Margaret Mead in which it was found that there is no identity crisis during adolescence in Samoa tribe due to their liberal gender attitude.

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

Throughout the world, society stereotypes man as strong, aggressive, logical, insensitive, unemotional, impatient, non-nurturing and mechanically talented while a woman is stereotyped as illogical, emotional, sensitive, patient and naturally nurturing. These stereotypes have exercised a strong hold on how society has viewed men and women. We can see that stereotypes for both man and woman have some positive and some negative characteristics.
Early psychological research suggested that females score high on verbal skills while males score higher on mathematical and spatial skills. Studies also found that men listen with their left hemisphere while women with both hemispheres, which suggests that in addition to content of the statement, women also pay attention to the tone and emotion. However, later researches have found that these differences in cognitive abilities of the two sexes have become less and less obvious as the society has begun to treat the two genders as equal. It has been found that male and female identity begins to develop as early as one year of age, owing to the way our society socialises our children. As a child grows, he/she is told to behave according to what is considered appropriate for his/her sex. The influence that culture can have on our personality was revealed in a landmark study by Margaret Mead in which it was found that there is no identity crisis during adolescence in Samoa tribe due to their liberal gender attitude.

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

Throughout the world, society stereotypes man as strong, aggressive, logical, insensitive, unemotional, impatient, non-nurturing and mechanically talented while a woman is stereotyped as illogical, emotional, sensitive, patient and naturally nurturing. These stereotypes have exercised a strong hold on how society has viewed men and women. We can see that stereotypes for both man and woman have some positive and some negative characteristics.
Early psychological research suggested that females score high on verbal skills while males score higher on mathematical and spatial skills. Studies also found that men listen with their left hemisphere while women with both hemispheres, which suggests that in addition to content of the statement, women also pay attention to the tone and emotion. However, later researches have found that these differences in cognitive abilities of the two sexes have become less and less obvious as the society has begun to treat the two genders as equal. It has been found that male and female identity begins to develop as early as one year of age, owing to the way our society socialises our children. As a child grows, he/she is told to behave according to what is considered appropriate for his/her sex. The influence that culture can have on our personality was revealed in a landmark study by Margaret Mead in which it was found that there is no identity crisis during adolescence in Samoa tribe due to their liberal gender attitude.

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During the nineteenth century, liberals everywhere shared the conviction that power politics and war were residues of an obsolete system of government and that with the victory of democracy and constitutional government over absolutism and autocracy, international harmony and permanent peace would win out over power politics and war. The struggle for power on the international scene was seen as a temporary phenomenon, a historical accident that was bound to disappear once the peculiar conditions that had given rise to it were eliminated. Jeremy Bentham believed that the competition for colonies was at the root of all international conflicts. "Emancipate your colonies" was his advice to the governments and international conflict and war would surely disappear. Adherents of free trade were convinced that the removal of trade barriers was the only condition for the establishments of permanent harmony among nations, and might even lead to the disappearance of international politics altogether. For Marx and his followers, capitalism was at the root of international discord and war. They maintained that international socialism would do away with the struggle for power on the international scene and would bring about permanent peace.

In recent times, the conviction that the struggle for power can be eliminated from the international scene has been connected with the great attempts at organising the world such as the League of Nations and the United Nations. The United Nations was thought to usher in a new era of international collaboration to kill power politics, in order that, by the methods of democracy, "the will of the people shall prevail." The reality has, however, been far from encouraging.

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During the nineteenth century, liberals everywhere shared the conviction that power politics and war were residues of an obsolete system of government and that with the victory of democracy and constitutional government over absolutism and autocracy, international harmony and permanent peace would win out over power politics and war. The struggle for power on the international scene was seen as a temporary phenomenon, a historical accident that was bound to disappear once the peculiar conditions that had given rise to it were eliminated. Jeremy Bentham believed that the competition for colonies was at the root of all international conflicts. "Emancipate your colonies" was his advice to the governments and international conflict and war would surely disappear. Adherents of free trade were convinced that the removal of trade barriers was the only condition for the establishments of permanent harmony among nations, and might even lead to the disappearance of international politics altogether. For Marx and his followers, capitalism was at the root of international discord and war. They maintained that international socialism would do away with the struggle for power on the international scene and would bring about permanent peace.

In recent times, the conviction that the struggle for power can be eliminated from the international scene has been connected with the great attempts at organising the world such as the League of Nations and the United Nations. The United Nations was thought to usher in a new era of international collaboration to kill power politics, in order that, by the methods of democracy, "the will of the people shall prevail." The reality has, however, been far from encouraging.

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During the nineteenth century, liberals everywhere shared the conviction that power politics and war were residues of an obsolete system of government and that with the victory of democracy and constitutional government over absolutism and autocracy, international harmony and permanent peace would win out over power politics and war. The struggle for power on the international scene was seen as a temporary phenomenon, a historical accident that was bound to disappear once the peculiar conditions that had given rise to it were eliminated. Jeremy Bentham believed that the competition for colonies was at the root of all international conflicts. "Emancipate your colonies" was his advice to the governments and international conflict and war would surely disappear. Adherents of free trade were convinced that the removal of trade barriers was the only condition for the establishments of permanent harmony among nations, and might even lead to the disappearance of international politics altogether. For Marx and his followers, capitalism was at the root of international discord and war. They maintained that international socialism would do away with the struggle for power on the international scene and would bring about permanent peace.

In recent times, the conviction that the struggle for power can be eliminated from the international scene has been connected with the great attempts at organising the world such as the League of Nations and the United Nations. The United Nations was thought to usher in a new era of international collaboration to kill power politics, in order that, by the methods of democracy, "the will of the people shall prevail." The reality has, however, been far from encouraging.

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During the nineteenth century, liberals everywhere shared the conviction that power politics and war were residues of an obsolete system of government and that with the victory of democracy and constitutional government over absolutism and autocracy, international harmony and permanent peace would win out over power politics and war. The struggle for power on the international scene was seen as a temporary phenomenon, a historical accident that was bound to disappear once the peculiar conditions that had given rise to it were eliminated. Jeremy Bentham believed that the competition for colonies was at the root of all international conflicts. "Emancipate your colonies" was his advice to the governments and international conflict and war would surely disappear. Adherents of free trade were convinced that the removal of trade barriers was the only condition for the establishments of permanent harmony among nations, and might even lead to the disappearance of international politics altogether. For Marx and his followers, capitalism was at the root of international discord and war. They maintained that international socialism would do away with the struggle for power on the international scene and would bring about permanent peace.

In recent times, the conviction that the struggle for power can be eliminated from the international scene has been connected with the great attempts at organising the world such as the League of Nations and the United Nations. The United Nations was thought to usher in a new era of international collaboration to kill power politics, in order that, by the methods of democracy, "the will of the people shall prevail." The reality has, however, been far from encouraging.

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During the nineteenth century, liberals everywhere shared the conviction that power politics and war were residues of an obsolete system of government and that with the victory of democracy and constitutional government over absolutism and autocracy, international harmony and permanent peace would win out over power politics and war. The struggle for power on the international scene was seen as a temporary phenomenon, a historical accident that was bound to disappear once the peculiar conditions that had given rise to it were eliminated. Jeremy Bentham believed that the competition for colonies was at the root of all international conflicts. "Emancipate your colonies" was his advice to the governments and international conflict and war would surely disappear. Adherents of free trade were convinced that the removal of trade barriers was the only condition for the establishments of permanent harmony among nations, and might even lead to the disappearance of international politics altogether. For Marx and his followers, capitalism was at the root of international discord and war. They maintained that international socialism would do away with the struggle for power on the international scene and would bring about permanent peace.

In recent times, the conviction that the struggle for power can be eliminated from the international scene has been connected with the great attempts at organising the world such as the League of Nations and the United Nations. The United Nations was thought to usher in a new era of international collaboration to kill power politics, in order that, by the methods of democracy, "the will of the people shall prevail." The reality has, however, been far from encouraging.

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Our current thoughts regarding the motion of objects originate from the era of people like Galileo and Newton. Prior to them people supported Aristotle, who held that the usual tendency of any object is to stay in rest and there is change in this state only if some external force is applied. No one until Galileo troubled to see if bodies of dissimilar mass did in actual fact descend at diverse speeds. It is said that Galileo proved Aristotle's belief was false by dropping weights from the leaning tower of Pisa. Galileo's measurements signified that each body increased its speed at the same rate, no matter what its weight. Of course a lead weight would fall faster than a feather, but that is because a feather is slowed down by air resistance.
Galileo's measurements were used by Newton as the centre of his laws of motion. Galileo's experiments also meant that whenever a body is not acted on by any force, it will keep on moving in a straight line at the same speed. This idea was first avowed clearly in Newton's first law. What happens to a body when a force does act on it is given by Newton's second law. This states that the body will accelerate, or change its speed, at a rate that is proportional to the force.
Besides his laws of motion, Newton discovered a law to explain the force of gravity, which states that every body attracts every other body with a force that is comparative to the mass of each body. Thus the force between two bodies would be twofold, as strong if one of the bodies had its mass doubled. One can now make out why all bodies fall at the identical velocity; a body of twice the weight will have twice the force of gravity pulling it down, but it will also have twice the mass. According to Newton's second law, these two effects will precisely annul each other, so the acceleration will be the same in all cases.
Newton's law of gravity also tells us that the farther apart the bodies, the smaller the force. Newton's law of gravity says that the gravitational attraction of a star is exactly one quarter that of a similar star at half the distance. This law predicts the orbits of the earth, the moon, and the planets with great accuracy.

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Our current thoughts regarding the motion of objects originate from the era of people like Galileo and Newton. Prior to them people supported Aristotle, who held that the usual tendency of any object is to stay in rest and there is change in this state only if some external force is applied. No one until Galileo troubled to see if bodies of dissimilar mass did in actual fact descend at diverse speeds. It is said that Galileo proved Aristotle's belief was false by dropping weights from the leaning tower of Pisa. Galileo's measurements signified that each body increased its speed at the same rate, no matter what its weight. Of course a lead weight would fall faster than a feather, but that is because a feather is slowed down by air resistance.
Galileo's measurements were used by Newton as the centre of his laws of motion. Galileo's experiments also meant that whenever a body is not acted on by any force, it will keep on moving in a straight line at the same speed. This idea was first avowed clearly in Newton's first law. What happens to a body when a force does act on it is given by Newton's second law. This states that the body will accelerate, or change its speed, at a rate that is proportional to the force.
Besides his laws of motion, Newton discovered a law to explain the force of gravity, which states that every body attracts every other body with a force that is comparative to the mass of each body. Thus the force between two bodies would be twofold, as strong if one of the bodies had its mass doubled. One can now make out why all bodies fall at the identical velocity; a body of twice the weight will have twice the force of gravity pulling it down, but it will also have twice the mass. According to Newton's second law, these two effects will precisely annul each other, so the acceleration will be the same in all cases.
Newton's law of gravity also tells us that the farther apart the bodies, the smaller the force. Newton's law of gravity says that the gravitational attraction of a star is exactly one quarter that of a similar star at half the distance. This law predicts the orbits of the earth, the moon, and the planets with great accuracy.

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the question.

Our current thoughts regarding the motion of objects originate from the era of people like Galileo and Newton. Prior to them people supported Aristotle, who held that the usual tendency of any object is to stay in rest and there is change in this state only if some external force is applied. No one until Galileo troubled to see if bodies of dissimilar mass did in actual fact descend at diverse speeds. It is said that Galileo proved Aristotle's belief was false by dropping weights from the leaning tower of Pisa. Galileo's measurements signified that each body increased its speed at the same rate, no matter what its weight. Of course a lead weight would fall faster than a feather, but that is because a feather is slowed down by air resistance.
Galileo's measurements were used by Newton as the centre of his laws of motion. Galileo's experiments also meant that whenever a body is not acted on by any force, it will keep on moving in a straight line at the same speed. This idea was first avowed clearly in Newton's first law. What happens to a body when a force does act on it is given by Newton's second law. This states that the body will accelerate, or change its speed, at a rate that is proportional to the force.
Besides his laws of motion, Newton discovered a law to explain the force of gravity, which states that every body attracts every other body with a force that is comparative to the mass of each body. Thus the force between two bodies would be twofold, as strong if one of the bodies had its mass doubled. One can now make out why all bodies fall at the identical velocity; a body of twice the weight will have twice the force of gravity pulling it down, but it will also have twice the mass. According to Newton's second law, these two effects will precisely annul each other, so the acceleration will be the same in all cases.
Newton's law of gravity also tells us that the farther apart the bodies, the smaller the force. Newton's law of gravity says that the gravitational attraction of a star is exactly one quarter that of a similar star at half the distance. This law predicts the orbits of the earth, the moon, and the planets with great accuracy.

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the question.

Our current thoughts regarding the motion of objects originate from the era of people like Galileo and Newton. Prior to them people supported Aristotle, who held that the usual tendency of any object is to stay in rest and there is change in this state only if some external force is applied. No one until Galileo troubled to see if bodies of dissimilar mass did in actual fact descend at diverse speeds. It is said that Galileo proved Aristotle's belief was false by dropping weights from the leaning tower of Pisa. Galileo's measurements signified that each body increased its speed at the same rate, no matter what its weight. Of course a lead weight would fall faster than a feather, but that is because a feather is slowed down by air resistance.
Galileo's measurements were used by Newton as the centre of his laws of motion. Galileo's experiments also meant that whenever a body is not acted on by any force, it will keep on moving in a straight line at the same speed. This idea was first avowed clearly in Newton's first law. What happens to a body when a force does act on it is given by Newton's second law. This states that the body will accelerate, or change its speed, at a rate that is proportional to the force.
Besides his laws of motion, Newton discovered a law to explain the force of gravity, which states that every body attracts every other body with a force that is comparative to the mass of each body. Thus the force between two bodies would be twofold, as strong if one of the bodies had its mass doubled. One can now make out why all bodies fall at the identical velocity; a body of twice the weight will have twice the force of gravity pulling it down, but it will also have twice the mass. According to Newton's second law, these two effects will precisely annul each other, so the acceleration will be the same in all cases.
Newton's law of gravity also tells us that the farther apart the bodies, the smaller the force. Newton's law of gravity says that the gravitational attraction of a star is exactly one quarter that of a similar star at half the distance. This law predicts the orbits of the earth, the moon, and the planets with great accuracy.

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the question.

Our current thoughts regarding the motion of objects originate from the era of people like Galileo and Newton. Prior to them people supported Aristotle, who held that the usual tendency of any object is to stay in rest and there is change in this state only if some external force is applied. No one until Galileo troubled to see if bodies of dissimilar mass did in actual fact descend at diverse speeds. It is said that Galileo proved Aristotle's belief was false by dropping weights from the leaning tower of Pisa. Galileo's measurements signified that each body increased its speed at the same rate, no matter what its weight. Of course a lead weight would fall faster than a feather, but that is because a feather is slowed down by air resistance.
Galileo's measurements were used by Newton as the centre of his laws of motion. Galileo's experiments also meant that whenever a body is not acted on by any force, it will keep on moving in a straight line at the same speed. This idea was first avowed clearly in Newton's first law. What happens to a body when a force does act on it is given by Newton's second law. This states that the body will accelerate, or change its speed, at a rate that is proportional to the force.
Besides his laws of motion, Newton discovered a law to explain the force of gravity, which states that every body attracts every other body with a force that is comparative to the mass of each body. Thus the force between two bodies would be twofold, as strong if one of the bodies had its mass doubled. One can now make out why all bodies fall at the identical velocity; a body of twice the weight will have twice the force of gravity pulling it down, but it will also have twice the mass. According to Newton's second law, these two effects will precisely annul each other, so the acceleration will be the same in all cases.
Newton's law of gravity also tells us that the farther apart the bodies, the smaller the force. Newton's law of gravity says that the gravitational attraction of a star is exactly one quarter that of a similar star at half the distance. This law predicts the orbits of the earth, the moon, and the planets with great accuracy.