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The weight of an object is more at the poles than at the equator. Is it beneficial to purchase goods at equator and sell them at the pole? Does it matter whether a spring balance is used or an equal-beam balance is used?

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The weight of an object is more at the poles than that at the equator. In purchasing or selling goods, we measure the mass of the goods. The balance used to measure the mass is calibrated according to the place to give its correct reading. So, it is not beneficial to purchase goods at the equator and sell them at the poles. A beam balance measures the mass of an object, so it can be used here. For using a spring balance, we need to calibrate it according to the place to give the correct readings.

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पाठ 11: Gravitation - Short Answers [पृष्ठ २२३]

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एचसी वर्मा Concepts of Physics Vol. 1 [English] Class 11 and 12
पाठ 11 Gravitation
Short Answers | Q 10 | पृष्ठ २२३

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Write the answer of the question with reference to laws of gravitation.

State the universal law of gravitation.


Answer the following:

You can shield a charge from electrical forces by putting it inside a hollow conductor. Can you shield a body from the gravitational influence of nearby matter by putting it inside a hollow sphere or by some other means?


Choose the correct alternative:

 Acceleration due to gravity increases/decreases with increasing altitude.


Which of the Kepler’s laws of planetary motion led Newton to establish the inverse-square rule for gravitational force between two bodies ?


State the universal law of gravitation. Name the scientist who gave this law.


Universal law of gravitation states that every object exerts a gravitational force of attraction on every other object. If this is true, why don’t we notice such forces ? Why don’t the two objects in a room move towards each other due to this force ?


Suppose the gravitational potential due to a small system is k/r2 at a distance r from it. What will be the gravitational field? Can you think of any such system? What happens if there were negative masses?


Explain the following:

People often shake the branches of a tree for getting down its fruits.


Multiple Choice Question. Select the correct option.

The mass of earth is 6 × 1024 kg and radius of earth is 6.4 × 106 m. The magnitude of force between the mass of 1 kg and the earth is:


How will the force of gravitation between two objects change if the distance between them is:
Infinite


Is the law of gravitation applicable in case of the sun and the moon?


Explain the difference between g and G.


An apple falls towards the earth due to its gravitational force. The apple also attracts the earth with the same force. Why do we not see the earth rising towards the apple? Explain.


Show that gravity decreases at higher altitudes.


Answer the following question.

What are the dimensions of the universal gravitational constant?


Solve the following problem.

Find the gravitational force between the Sun and the Earth.
Given Mass of the Sun = 1.99 × 1030 kg
Mass of the Earth = 5.98 × 1024 kg
The average distance between the Earth and the Sun = 1.5 × 1011 m.


The _______ force is much weaker than other forces in nature.


Particles of masses 2M, m and M are respectively at points A, B and C with AB = ½ (BC). m is much-much smaller than M and at time t = 0, they are all at rest (Figure). At subsequent times before any collision takes place ______.


If the law of gravitation, instead of being inverse-square law, becomes an inverse-cube law- ______.

  1. planets will not have elliptic orbits.
  2. circular orbits of planets is not possible.
  3. projectile motion of a stone thrown by hand on the surface of the earth will be approximately parabolic.
  4. there will be no gravitational force inside a spherical shell of uniform density.

Observe the figure and answer the questions:

  1. State Newton's universal law of gravitation.
  2. If the distance between the two bodies is tripled, how will the gravitational force between them change?
  3. What will happen to gravitational force, if mass of one of the object is doubled?

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