Physics

Gravitation

Question:

Fill in the blanks :
Motion of body with constant speed in a circular path is called ______________.

Answer:

uniform circular motion
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Gravitation

Q 1.

State Kepler’s Laws of planetary motion. How did Newton guess inverse square law ?

Q 2.

Why do sewing needles and all pins have a sharp pointed tip?

Q 3.

A particle is dropped from a tower 180 m high.How long does it take to reach the ground ? What is the velocity when it touches the ground ? Take g = 10 m/s2

Q 4.

Suppose a planet exists whose mass and radius both,are half those of Earth.Calculate the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of this planet.

Q 5.

Calculate the value of acceleration due to gravity on Moon. Given mass of Moon = 7.4x1022 kg, radius of Moon = 1740 km

Q 6.

Calculate the force of gravitation between the Earth and the Sun,given that the mass of the Earth = 6x1024 kg and mass of the Sun = 2 x 1030 kg. The average distance between the two is 1.5x1011 m.

Q 7.

A boy on a clif£ 49 m high drops a stone.One second later,he throws a second stone after the first.They both hit the ground at the same time. With what speed did he throw the second stone ?

Q 8.

Fill in the blanks :
Every object in the universe ________ other bodies.

Q 9.

What is the value of ‘g’ at the centre of Earth ?

Q 10.

Two stones A and B are dropped from a multistoried building. A is dropped from 100 m and after some time B is dropped from 50 m height. Both of them reach the earth at the same time. Will they have equal velocity while reaching the ground ? Calculate and find out the answer (take g =10 m/s2).

Q 11.

What do you mean by acceleration due to gravity ?

Q 12.

At what height above the surface of the earth, the value of 'g' becomes 64% of its value at the surface of the earth. Take radius of the earth = 6400 km.

Q 13.

Which force is responsible for tides in the ocean at night ?

Q 14.

State and explain universal law of gravitation given by Newton.What is the importance of this law

Q 15.

The mass of Earth is 6x1024 kg and that of moon is 7.4x1022 kg. If the distance between the Earth and the Moon is 3.84x105 km, calculate the force exerted by Earth on the Moon. Given G = 6.7x10-11 Nm2/kg2.

Q 16.

What do we call the gravitational force between the Earth and an object ?

Q 17.

Can you calculate density of Earth from Newton’s law of gravitation ?

Q 18.

Calculate the force of gravitation between the earth and the Sun, given that the mass of the earth = 6 × 1024 kg and of the Sun = 2 × 1030 kg. The average distance between the two is 1.5 × 1011 m.

Q 19.

Fill in the blanks :
________ of an object is the force of gravity acting on it.

Q 20.

Fill in the blanks :
The value of g at poles is ______ (lower/higher) than its value at the equator.

Q 21.

Who measured the value of G first time, experimentally?

Q 22.

Calculate the force of gravitation between two objects of masses 80 kg and 1200 kg kept at a distance of 10 m from eachother.Given, G =6.67x10-11 Nm2/kg2.

Q 23.

What is the importance of universal law of gravitation ?

Q 24.

Write the standard equations of motion when an object is thrown upwards with some initial velocity?

Q 25.

What is the gravitational acceleration of a spaceship at a distance equal to two Earth’s radius from the centre of the Earth ?

Q 26.

Fill in the blanks :
Heliocentric model was proposed by ______.

Q 27.

Define thrust.

Q 28.

A car falls off a ledge and drops to the ground in 0.5 s.Let g = 10 m/s2(for simplifying the calculations).
(i) What is its speed on striking the ground ?
(ii) What is its average speed during 0.5 s ?
(iii) How high is the ledge from the ground ?

Q 29.

Gravitational force acts on all objects in proportion to their masses.Why then,a heavy object does not fall faster than a light object ?

Q 30.

A stone is thrown vertically upward with an initial velocity of 40 m/s.Taking g = 10 m/s2,find the maximum height reached by the stone.What is the net displacement and the total distance covered by the stone ?

Q 31.

Fill in the blanks :
The value of g on the earth's surface is ______.

Q 32.

When a ball is thrown upwards, it falls back to the ground. Name the force which makes it fall.

Q 33.

Fill in the blanks :
Assuming negligible air drag, if a steel ball and a table tennis ball are dropped from a height of 100 metres, both will reach the ground at ________ time(s). (same/different)

Q 34.

Fill in the blanks :
The gravitational force between the earth and the object is generally called ____________.

Q 35.

Fill in the blanks :
The force of gravity _________ with altitude. It also varies on the surface of the earth, _________ from poles to the equator.

Q 36.

You find your mass to be 42 kg on a weighing machine. Is your mass more or less than 42 kg?

Q 37.

The gravitational force between two objects is 100 N. How should the distance between these objects be changed so that force between them becomes 50 N ?

Q 38.

The distance between two objects is doubled. What happens to gravitational force between them

Q 39.

What is value of ‘g’ on Earth ?

Q 40.

What is the SI unit of mass ?

Q 41.

State and explain universal law of gravitation.What is its importance ?

Q 42.

Fill in the blanks :
Weight of an object is the product of ______ and ________.

Q 43.

What was geocentric model? Who proposed this theory?

Q 44.

State the universal law of gravitation.

Q 45.

What happens to 'g' experienced by a body when it moves up the earth's surface?

Q 46.

Mass of an object is 10 kg. What is its weight on the Earth? (g = 9.8 m/s2.)

Q 47.

Amit buys few grams of gold at the poles as per the instruction of one of his friends. He hands over the same when he meets him at the equator. Will the friend agree with the weight of gold bought? If not, why? [Hint: The value of g is greater at the poles than at the equator].

Q 48.

Define gravity.

Q 49.

The tangential velocity of a planet or moon moving in a circle is at a right angle to ____________. (fill in the blank)

Q 50.

Fill in the blanks :
A body is said to be in _______ when only gravity acts on it.