Gravitation – assignment 6
1.The weight of a body on the surface of the earth is 392 N. what will be the
weight of this body on a planet whose mass is double that of the earth and
radius is four times that of the earth?
2. What happens to the magnitude of the force of gravitation between two
objects if:
(i) distance between the objects is tripled?
(ii) mass of both object is doubled?
(iii) mass of both objects as well as distance between them is doubled?
3.If the distance between two masses be increased by a factor of 6, by what
factor would the mass of one of them hence to be altered to maintain the
same gravitational force?
4.A fire cracker is fired and it rises to a height of 1000 m. find the
(i) velocity by which it was released.
(ii) time taken by it to reach the highest point (take g=10 ms−2g=10 ms−2)
5.Obtain a relation between the weight of an object on the surface of earth
and that on moon.
6.On the earth, a stone is thrown from a height in a direction parallel to the
earths surface while another stone is simultaneously dropped from the same
height. Which stone would reach the ground first and why?
7.Prove that if a body is thrown vertically upward, the time of ascent is equal
to the time of descent.
8.Find the gravitational force between the sun and the earth. The mass of
the sun is 2.0×10302.0×1030 kg, and the mass of the earth
is 6.0×10246.0×1024 kg. the distance between the sun and the earth is 1.5 \
times 1011 m. (G=6.67× 10−11 Nm2 kg−2G=6.67× 10−11 Nm2 kg−2).
9.Why Newton�s law of gravitation is called the universal law?
OR
Write four phenomena which were successfully explained using universal law
of gravitation.
10. What happens to the gravitational force between two objects if:
(i)The mass of one object is doubled?
(ii)The distance between the objects is doubled?
(iii)The masses of both the objects are doubled?
(iv)The distance between them is halved?
(v)Mass of one of the objects is halved?
11.Explain the force responsible for the following:
(a) Moon revolves around the earth.
(b) Objects lying apart on earth attract each other, yet they do not cling to
each other.
12.A flower pot drops from the edge of the roof of a multistoried building.
Calculate the time taken by the pot to cross a particular distance AB of
height 2.9 m, the upper point A being 19.6 m below the roof.
12. If a ball is thrown straight upwards at a speed of 11 m/sec from balcony,
4 m above the ground, how much time would it take to strike the ground at
the base of the balcony?
13.(a) Find the value of acceleration due to gravity at a height of 12,800 km
from the surface of the earth. Earth�s radius = 6400 km.
(b) State Newton�s law of gravitation and write the mathematical equation
describing it.
14.The value of 'g' on earth�s surface is 9.8 m/s29.8 m/s2. Suppose the
earth suddenly shrinks to one � third of its present size without losing any
mass. What is the value of g on the surface of shrinked earth?
15.A ball thrown vertically up returns to the thrower after 6 s. find:
(i) The velocity with which it was thrown up.
(ii) The maximum height it reaches.
(iii) Its position after 4 s.
16. Show mathematically that acceleration experienced by an object during
free fall is independent of mass of the object.
17.Explain why the value of �g� differs while moving from poles to equator
on the surface of the earth. State how would its value change on moving:
(i) Towards the centre of the earth.
(ii) Away from the earth.
18.At what height above the earth�s surface would the value of acceleration
due to gravity be half of what is on the surface? Calculate.
19.A car falls off a ledge and drops to the ground in 0.5 s.
let g=10 ms−2g=10 ms−2.
(i) What is its speed on striking the ground?
(ii) What is its average speed during the 0.5 s?
(iii) How high is the edge from the ground?
20.Answer the following questions:
(a) State the type of motion shown by a freely falling stone.
(b) When a stone is thrown vertically upwards, its velocity is continuously
decreased. Why?
(c) Give an example of a motion in which average velocity is zero, but the
average speed is not zero.
21.Communication satellites move in orbits of radius 44,400 km around the
earth. Find the acceleration of such a satellite assuming that the only force
acting on it is that due to the earth. Mass of the earth = 6× 10246× 1024 kg.
(G = 6.67× 10−11 Nm2 kg−26.67× 10−11 Nm2 kg−2).
22.Find the weight of an object at the height 6400 km above the earth�s
surface. The weight of the object at the surface of the earth is 20 N and the
radius of the earth is 6400 km.
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Long Answer type Questions
1.(a) Differentiate between acceleration due to gravity and universal
gravitational constant. Derive a relation between 'g' and 'G'.
(b) State universal law of Gravitation.
2.How does the weight of an object vary with respect to mass and radius of
the earth? In a hypothetical case, if the diameter of the earth becomes half
of its present value and its mass becomes four times of its present value,
then how would the weight of any object on the surface of the earth be
affected?
3.How does the gravitational force between two onjects change when the
distance between them is reduced to 1414th?
4.(a) Write the formula to find the magnitude of gravitational force between
earth and an object on earth’s surface.
(b) Derive how does the value of gravitational force 'F' change between two
objects when the
(i) distance between them is reduced to half, and
(ii) mass of one object is increased four times?
5.If the distance between masses of two objects is increased by five units, by
what facto would the mass of one of them have to be altered to maintain the
same gravitational force? Would there be an increases or a decrease in the
mass?
6.(a) A planet has mass five times of earth and radius three times that of
earth. Calculate it a acceleration due to gravity, if the value of g on earth
is 10 ms−210 ms−2.
(b) Differentiate between 'G' and 'g'.
7.Derive the formula for the gravitational force using the factors on which it
depends.
