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Science - Physics
Chapter - Gravitation
Theories
1. What is gravitational Force ? If the moon attracts the earth, why does the earth not move towards the
moon?
2. What is centripetal force? Which force is responsible for the motion of moon around the earth.
3. What is universal law gravitational? What are its importance
4. Derive an Expression for universal law of gravitation
5. What is ‘G’? What is its S.I unit? What is it’s value and who found this?
6. What is Free Fall? What happens to the velocity and the direction of an object during a Free Fall
7. Define ‘g’? What is its S.I unit
8. Differentiate between ‘g’ and ‘G’.
9. Calculate the value of ‘g’.
10. Derive the relation between ‘g’ and ‘G’ when an object is falling on the surface of the earth
11. Derive the relation between ‘g’ and ‘G’ when an object is on the surface of the earth
12. How the value of ‘g’ changes on Pole and Equator?
13. How are the three equations of motions changes during Free Fall of an object
14. Differentiate between Mass an Weight? (Three Points)
15. Write an expression for the object on the surface of moon and earth.
Numericals
Calculating the Magnitudes of Force, Distance and Mass
16. The gravitational force between two objects is F. If masses of both objects are halved without changing
distance between them, then the gravitational force would become (a) F/4 (b) F/2 (c) F (d) 2 F
17. Two particles are placed at some distance. If the mass of each of the two particles is doubled, keeping
the distance between them unchanged, the value of gravitational fo rce between them will be
(a) ¼ times (b) 4 times (c)1/2times (d) unchanged
18. How does the force of gravitation between two objects change when the distance between them is
reduced to half ? NCERT EXERCISE QUESTION
19. What happens to the force between two objects, if NCERT EXERCISE QUESTION
(i) the mass of one object is doubled?
(ii) the distance between the objects is doubled and tripled?
(iii) the masses of both objects are doubled?
Calculating the Magnitudes of Force between two objects
20. What is the magnitude of the gravitational force between the earth and a 1 kg object on its surface?
(Mass of the earth is 6 × 1024 kg and radius of the earth is 6.4 × 106 m.) [9.8N]
21. 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.

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 No: 2018/IX/Sc/Phy Brilliant Education Centre Name:

Science - Physics
Chapter - Gravitation
22. The mass of the earth is 6 × 10 kg and that of the moon is 7.4 × 1022 kg. If the distance between the
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earth and the moon is 3.84×105 km, calculate the force exerted by the earth on the moon. G = 6.7 ×
10–11 N m2 kg-2. NCERT EXEMPLER:10.1
Three equations of motion Under Free Fall
23. A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 49 m/s. Calculate NCERT EXERCISE QUESTION
(i) the maximum height to which it rises,
(ii) the total time it takes to return to the surface of the earth.
24. A stone is thrown vertically upward with an initial velocity of 40 m/s. Taking g = 10 m/s 2, find the
maximum height reached by the stone. What is the net displacement and the total distance covered by
the stone? NCERT EXERCISE QUESTION
25. 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. 18. A ball thrown up vertically returns to the thrower after 6 s. Find
(a) the velocity with which it was thrown up, NCERT EXERCISE QUESTION
(b) the maximum height it reaches, and
(c) its position after 4 s.
26. A car falls off a ledge and drops to the ground in 0.5 s. Let g = 10 m s –2 (for simplifying the calculations).
(i) What is its speed on striking the ground? NCERT EXEMPLER:10.2
(ii) What is its average speed during the 0.5 s?
(iii) How high is the ledge from the ground?
27. An object is thrown vertically upwards and rises to a height of 10 m. Calculate
(i) the velocity with which the object was thrown upwards and NCERT EXEMPLER:10.3
(ii) the time taken by the object to reach the highest point.
Weight of an object on Moon and Earth
28. How much does a 70 kg man weigh on moon? What would be his mass on the moon and the
earth.( Acceleration due to gravity on moon =1.63 ms-2) [114.1N]
29. What is the mass of the object whose weigh is 49N [5kg]
30. The weight of any person on the moon is about 1/6 times that on the earth. He can lift a mass of 15 kg
on the earth. What will be the maximum mass, which can be lifted by the same force applied by the
person on the moon? [90.18kg]
31. An object weighs 10 N when measured on the surface of the earth. What would be its weight when
measured on the surface of the moon? [1.6N]
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32. Gravitational force on the surface of the moon is only 1/6 as strong as gravitational force on the earth.
What is the weight in newton of a 10 kg object on the moon and on the earth?
NCERT EXERCISE QUESTION

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