Question:
Gravitational force acts on all objects in proportion to their masses. Why then, a heavy object does not fall faster than a light object?
Answer:
All objects fall under the influence of gravity and experience constant acceleration (g).
g = GME/R2
Since g is constant for a location and independent of mass of the object, heavy objects do not fall faster than light objects.
Gravitation
Q 1.
State Kepler’s Laws of planetary motion. How did Newton guess inverse square law ?
Q 2.
What do we call the gravitational force between the Earth and an object ?
Q 3.
Calculate the force of gravitation between the Earth and the Sun,given that the mass of the Earth =
kg and mass of the Sun =
kg. The average distance between the two is
m.
Q 4.
Is weight a scalar quantity?
Q 5.
Can you calculate density of Earth from Newton’s law of gravitation ?
Q 6.
In Fig.,the line that joins a planet to the sun sweeps out areas
,
in time intervals 6 weeks,3 weeks and 2 weeks respectively.How are
,
realted ?
Q 7.
What is the value of ‘g’ at the centre of Earth ?
Q 8.
Why do sewing needles and all pins have a sharp pointed tip?
Q 9.
Fill in the blanks :
Weight of an object is the product of ______ and ________.
Q 10.
What do you mean by acceleration due to gravity ?
Q 11.
The distance between two objects is doubled. What happens to gravitational force between them
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.
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/s
2).
Q 14.
Calculate the value of acceleration due to gravity on Moon. Given mass of Moon =
kg, radius of Moon = 1740 km
Q 15.
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 16.
What is the gravitational force between the Earth and a body called? In which direction does it occur?
Q 17.
Fill in the blanks :
Every object in the universe ________ other bodies.
Q 18.
You find your mass to be 42 kg on a weighing machine. Is your mass more or less than 42 kg?
Q 19.
What is the gravitational acceleration of a spaceship at a distance equal to two Earth’s radius from the centre of the Earth ?
Q 20.
What is the acceleration of free fall ?
Q 21.
Can a body have weight but no mass ?
Q 22.
Fill in the blanks :
Geocentric model i.e. the Earth is the orbital centre of all celestial bodies was proposed by _____.
Q 23.
Calculate the force of gravitation between the earth and the Sun, given that the mass of the earth = 6 × 10
24 kg and of the Sun = 2 × 10
30 kg. The average distance between the two is 1.5 × 10
11 m.
Q 24.
(a) What is the relationship between g and G?
(b) Show mathematically whether g (acceleration due to gravity on the earth) depends on the mass of the object itself or not.
(c) Show that for a given location on the surface of the earth g is almost constant.
Q 25.
Write the standard equations of motion when an object is thrown upwards with some initial velocity?
Q 26.
Name the scientist who identified the relation about force of gravitation. Name the law.
Q 27.
Fill in the blanks :
A body is said to be in _______ when only gravity acts on it.
Q 28.
Fill in the blanks :
The gravitational force between the earth and the object is generally called ____________.
Q 29.
Why is it difficult to hold a school bag having a strap made of a thin and strong string?
Q 30.
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 31.
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 =
Q 32.
Which force accelerates a body in free fall ?
Q 33.
Then why Is the Earth not seen moving towards the stone ?
Q 34.
Can a body have mass but no weight ?
Q 35.
What are the Kepler Laws that govern the motion of the planets?
Q 36.
Who measured the value of G first time, experimentally?
Q 37.
Does Law of gravitation obey Newton's third law of motion?
Q 38.
What happens to 'g' experienced by a body when it moves up the earth's surface?
Q 39.
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 40.
Define weight? How it is related to mass?
Q 41.
Mass of an object is 10 kg. What is its weight on the Earth? (g = 9.8 m/s
2.)
Q 42.
A stone is thrown vertically upward with an initial velocity of 40 m/s. Taking g = 10 m/s
2, find the maximum height reached by the stone. What is the net displacement and the total distance covered by the stone?
Q 43.
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 44.
Fill in the blanks :
The SI unit of mass is ______.
Q 45.
The pressure at the bottom of a filled glass (density = 1000 kg/m
3) of water is P. The water is taken out and the glass is filled with kerosene oil (density = 817.5 kg/m
3). 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 46.
Why will a sheet of paper fall slower than one that is crumpled into a ball?
Q 47.
In what direction does the buoyant force on an object immersed in a liquid act?
Q 48.
The volume of 50 g of a substance is 20 cm
3. If the density of water is 1 g cm
-3, will the substance float or sink?
Q 49.
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 50.
Relative density of silver is 10.8. If the density of water is 10
3kg/m
3, find density of silver.
