Physics

Gravitation

Question:

Fill in the blanks :
The SI unit of weight is _______.

Answer:

Newton (N)
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Gravitation

Q 1.

Is mass a scalar quantity?

Q 2.

Explain what is meant by ‘free fall’and acceleration due to gravity.

Q 3.

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 4.

What are the factors the buoyant force depends on?

Q 5.

What is the SI unit of weight ?

Q 6.

How are gravitation and gravity related ?

Q 7.

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

Q 8.

Comment on application of Newton’s third law of motion to gravitation.Illustrate by examples.

Q 9.

Fill in the blanks :
The acceleration which causes changes only in direction of the velocity of a body is called __________ and it is always directed ___________ the circle.

Q 10.

If the distance between two masses is increased by a factor of 4,by what factor would the mass of one of them have to be altered to maintain the same gravitational force ?

Q 11.

A stone falling towards Earth also attracts the Earth with the same force.Is it true ?

Q 12.

Distinguish between mass and weight.

Q 13.

Two particles of equal mass (m) move in a circle of radius (r) under the action of their mutual gravitational attraction. Find the speed of each particle.

Q 14.

Who measured the value of G first time, experimentally?

Q 15.

What are the differences between the mass of an object and its weight?

Q 16.

Define gravity.

Q 17.

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 18.

Fill in the blanks :
It is the ____________ of the earth, which holds our atmosphere in place.

Q 19.

The pressure at the bottom of a filled glass (density = 1000 kg/m3) of water is P. The water is taken out and the glass is filled with kerosene oil (density = 817.5 kg/m3). Now the pressure at the bottom will be a. same as P b. smaller than P c. larger than P d. cannot be determined.

Q 20.

If the distance of Earth from the Sun were half the present value,how many days will make one year ?

Q 21.

Who gave three laws of planetary motion ?

Q 22.

Does value of ‘g’ vary from place to place on Earth ?

Q 23.

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

Q 24.

State Kepler’s Laws of planetary motion.

Q 25.

On earth,value of G = 6.67x10-11N m2K g-2.What is its value on moon,where g is nearly 16th that of earth ?

Q 26.

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 27.

What is free fall?

Q 28.

Why is the weight of an object on the moon 1/6th its weight on the earth?

Q 29.

As you climb up a mountain, your ears “pop” because of the changes in atmospheric pressure. In which direction, outward or inward, does your eardrum move when you climb up?

Q 30.

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

Q 31.

A stone drops from the edge of the roof.It passes a window 2 m high in 0.1 s.How far is the roof above the top of the window

Q 32.

An object is thrown vertically upwards and rises to a height of 10 m. Calculate (i) the velocity with which the object was thrown upwards and (ii) the time taken by the object to reach the highest point.

Q 33.

How does the force of gravitation between two objects change when the distance between them is reduced to half ?

Q 34.

What is the value of G (i) on Earth (ii) on Moon ?

Q 35.

Which force revolves Moon around Earth ?

Q 36.

Which force accelerates a body in free fall ?

Q 37.

What is the usual shape of orbits of planets around the Sun ?

Q 38.

Does Newton’s third law of motion apply to gravitational force ?

Q 39.

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

Q 40.

Compare gravitational force between light objects and heavy objects.

Q 41.

In Fig.,the line that joins a planet to the sun sweeps out areas A1A2,A3in time intervals 6 weeks,3 weeks and 2 weeks respectively.How are A1 A2,A3 realted ?

Q 42.

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

Q 43.

Fill in the blanks :
Kepler's Law of ______ states that a line that connects a planet to the Sun sweeps out equal ______ in the plane of the planet's orbit in _____time intervals.

Q 44.

Fill in the blanks :
When objects of different masses and sizes are dropped from same height would reach the ground at ______ (same time/different times), considering negligible air resistance.

Q 45.

Fill in the blanks :
Acceleration due to gravity (g) is _______ (dependent/independent) of mass.

Q 46.

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

Q 47.

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

Q 48.

Why is G called the Universal Constant?

Q 49.

How does value of 'g' vary on the earth? What are the factors responsible for this?

Q 50.

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