Physics

Gravitation

Question:

Define g and G.Establish relation between them.

Answer:

Refer to Art 3.3, 3.10 and 3.12,Pages 143,159.
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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 do you mean by acceleration due to gravity ?

Q 6.

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

Q 7.

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 8.

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

Q 9.

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 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.

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

Q 12.

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

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.

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

Q 15.

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 16.

Is weight a scalar quantity?

Q 17.

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 18.

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

Q 19.

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

Q 20.

The volume of a 500 g sealed packet is 350 cm3. Will the packet float or sink in water if the density of water is 1 g cm-3? What will be the mass of the water displaced by this packet?

Q 21.

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 22.

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

Q 23.

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

Q 24.

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

Q 25.

Define thrust.

Q 26.

Is mass a scalar quantity?

Q 27.

Define gravity.

Q 28.

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

Q 29.

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

Q 30.

Why does an object float or sink when placed on the surface of the water?

Q 31.

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 32.

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

Q 33.

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 34.

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

Q 35.

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

Q 36.

Who explained the motion of planets around the Sun ?

Q 37.

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

Q 38.

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 39.

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

Q 40.

Fill in the blanks :
The value of g ________ (increases/decreases) as we go upwards from the earth's surface.

Q 41.

What was heliocentric theory? Who proposed this?

Q 42.

How is gravitational force of attraction between two bodies affected if(i) Mass of both bodies is doubled.(ii) Distance between them is halved.

Q 43.

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

Q 44.

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 45.

Define weight? How it is related to mass?

Q 46.

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

Q 47.

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

Q 48.

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 49.

Why does one feel giddy while moving on a merry go round ?

Q 50.

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