Short Als PE uestions
7 Explain what is meant
by the equation
L
8 G x
where the
RD2
symbols have their usual meanings.
78.(a) What do you mean by the term free fall' ?
b) During a free fall, will heavier objects accelerate more than lighter ones
29. Can we apply Newton's third law to the gravitational force ? Explain your answel.
20, Give reason for the following:
of cricket ball and tne
Therorce gravitation between two cricket balls is extremely small but that between a
earth is extremely large.
31. Descrbe how the gravitational force between two objects depends on the distance between them.
32. What happens to the gravitational force between two objects when the distance between them is
() doubled?
(i) halved ?
33.State two applications of universal law of gravitation
34. Explain why, if a stone held in our hand is released, it falls towards the earth.
35. Calculate the force of gravitation between two objects of masses 50 kg respectively kept at a
and 120 kg
distance of 10 m from one another. (Gravitational constant, G = 6.7 x 10-11 Nm2 kg)
36. What is the force of gravity on a body of mass 150 kg lying on the surface of the earth
(Mass of earth = 6 x 102 kg; Radius of earth = 6.4 x 106 m; G = 6.7 x 10H Nm-/kg)
37. The mass is 2x 1030 kg and the mass of earth is 6 x 104 kg. If the average distance between the sun
of sun
and the earth be 1.5 x 108 km, calculate the force of gravitation between them.
If the acceleration
38. A piece of stone is thrown vertically upwards. It reaches the maximum height in 3 seconds.
of the stone be 9.8 m/s2 directed towards the ground, calculate the initial velocity of the stone with which it
is thrown upwards.
39. A stone falls from a building and reaches the ground 2.5 seconds later. How high is the building ?
(g 9.8 m/s)
40. A stone is from a height of 20 m.
dropped
(t) How long will it take to reach the ground?
(Gi) What will be its speed when it hits the ground? (g = 10 m/s2)
41. A stone is thrown vertically upwards with a speed of 20 m/s. How high will it go before it begins to fall?
8 9.8 m/s)
=
42. When a cricket ball is thrown vertically upwards, it reaches a maximum height of 5 metres.
(a) What was the initial speed of the ball ?
(b) How much time is taken by the ball to reach the highest point ? (g =10 m s2)
43. Write the differences between mass and weight of an object.
44. Can a body have mass but no weight ? Give reasons for your answer.
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Very Short Answer Type Questions
1. What is the value of
gravitational constant G (i) onthe earth, and (ii) on the moon
2. Which force is responsible for the moon revolving round the earth ?
. Does the aceleration produced ina freely falling body depend on the mass of the body ?
4. Name the scientist who gave the three laws of
planetary motion.
a ethe scientist who explained the motion of planets on the basis of gravitational force between the sm
and planets.
6. State the
Kepler's law which is represented by the relation rs T
7. which of the
Kepler's laws of planetary motion led Newton to establish the inverse-square rule for
gravitational force between two bodies ?
8. Name the
property of earth which is responsible for extremely small acceleration being produced in it as a
result of attraction by other small
9. What is the acceleration
objects.
produced in a freely falling body of mass 10 kg? (Neglect air resistance)
10. When an object is dropped from a height, it accelerates and falls down. Name the force which accelerates
0.
the object.
. Give the formula for the
gravitational force F between two bodies of masses MM and m
kept at a distance d
from each other.
12. What force is responsible for the earth revolving round the sun ?
13. What name has been
given to the force with which two objects lying apart attract each other?
14. What type of force is involved in the formation of tides in the
sea ?
15. Which force is responsible for
holding the solar system together ?
16. What is the weight of a 1 kilogram mass on the earth ? (g = 9.8 m/s2).
7 . On what factor/factors does the weight of a body depend?
18. As the altitude of a body increases, do the weight and mass both vary?
19. If the same body is taken to places having different gravitational field strength, then what will vary: its
weight or mass
20. If the mass of an object be 10 kg, what is its weight? (g 9.8
m/s2). =
21. The weight of a body is 50 N. What is its mass? (g 9.8
m/s2). =
22. A body has a weight of 10 kg on the surface of earth. What will be its
earth?
weight when taken to the centre of the
2 3 . Write down the weight of a 50 kg the earth. (g 9.8 m/s3).
mass on =
24. If the weight of a body on the earth is 6 N, what will it be on the moon 2
25. State whether the following statements are true or false:
(a) A falling stone also attracts the earth.
(b) The force of gravitation between two objects depends on the nature of medium between them.
