Physics

Gravitation

Question:

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

Answer:

The gravitational force between the Earth and an object is called the Earth’s gravity.
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Gravitation

Q 1.

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

Q 2.

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 3.

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

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 A1A2,A3in time intervals 6 weeks,3 weeks and 2 weeks respectively.How are A1 A2,A3 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.

What do you mean by acceleration due to gravity ?

Q 10.

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

Q 11.

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

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/s2).

Q 14.

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

Q 15.

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

Q 16.

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 17.

Fill in the blanks :
Geocentric model i.e. the Earth is the orbital centre of all celestial bodies was proposed by _____.

Q 18.

What is the gravitational force between the Earth and a body called? In which direction does it occur?

Q 19.

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

Q 20.

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

Q 21.

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 22.

What is the acceleration of free fall ?

Q 23.

Can a body have weight but no mass ?

Q 24.

What are the Kepler Laws that govern the motion of the planets?

Q 25.

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 26.

(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 27.

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 28.

Define weight? How it is related to mass?

Q 29.

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

Q 30.

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

Q 31.

Name the scientist who identified the relation about force of gravitation. Name the law.

Q 32.

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 33.

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

Q 34.

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

Q 35.

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 36.

Why is it difficult to hold a school bag having a strap made of a thin and strong string?

Q 37.

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 38.

What do you mean by free fall ?

Q 39.

Which force accelerates a body in free fall ?

Q 40.

Who gave three laws of planetary motion ?

Q 41.

Then why Is the Earth not seen moving towards the stone ?

Q 42.

What is the weight of a body of mass 1 kg on Earth ?

Q 43.

Can a body have mass but no weight ?

Q 44.

State Kepler’s Laws of planetary motion.

Q 45.

Fill in the blanks :
The force of attraction between two objects is ______ proportional to the product of their masses and _____ proportional to the square of a distance between them.

Q 46.

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

Q 47.

Why is G called the Universal Constant?

Q 48.

Who measured the value of G first time, experimentally?

Q 49.

Does Law of gravitation obey Newton's third law of motion?

Q 50.

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