Physics

Gravitation

Question:

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

Answer:

Because mass of Earth is too large. Its acceleration (a = F/m) under the same force is negligible.
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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.

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

Q 4.

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

Q 5.

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

Q 6.

What do you mean by acceleration due to gravity ?

Q 7.

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

Q 8.

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

Q 9.

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 10.

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 11.

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 12.

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 13.

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

Q 14.

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 15.

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

Q 16.

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

Q 17.

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 18.

Is weight a scalar quantity?

Q 19.

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 20.

Define g and G.Establish relation between them.

Q 21.

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

Q 22.

Define weight? How it is related to mass?

Q 23.

A stone is allowed to fall from the top of a tower 100 m high and at the same time another stone is projected vertically upwards from the ground with a velocity of 25 m/s. Calculate when and where the two stones will meet.

Q 24.

Define thrust.

Q 25.

Is mass a scalar quantity?

Q 26.

Define gravity.

Q 27.

Fill in the blanks :
The SI unit of mass is ______.

Q 28.

The volume of 50 g of a substance is 20 cm3. If the density of water is 1 g cm-3, will the substance float or sink?

Q 29.

A ball is thrown up with a speed of 15 m/s.How high will it go before it begins to fall ? Take g= 9.8 m/s2

Q 30.

Fill in the blanks :
According to the Heliocentric theory, the _____ is at centre and _______ move around it.

Q 31.

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

Q 32.

An object is placed at the surface of the earth and is at distance R from the center of the earth. The object weighs 180N. What will be its weight if it is at distance 3R from the center of the earth.

Q 33.

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

Q 34.

Why will a sheet of paper fall slower than one that is crumpled into a ball?

Q 35.

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 36.

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

Q 37.

The Earth and the Moon are attracted to each other by gravitational force. Does the Earth attract the Moon with a force that is greater or smaller or the same as the force with which the Moon attracts the Earth ? Why ?

Q 38.

What is the acceleration of free fall ?

Q 39.

Why will a sheet of paper fall slower than one that is crumpled into a ball ?

Q 40.

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

Q 41.

Does gravitational force between two objects depend on medium between them ?

Q 42.

Who gave three laws of planetary motion ?

Q 43.

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

Q 44.

What is value of ‘g’ on Earth ?

Q 45.

What is the SI unit of weight ?

Q 46.

Can a body have weight but no mass ?

Q 47.

How are gravitation and gravity related ?

Q 48.

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

Q 49.

Distinguish between gravitation and gravity.

Q 50.

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 ?