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Gravitation Worksheet

1. The document discusses concepts related to gravitation including acceleration due to gravity, gravitational potential energy, and how these factors vary with altitude, depth, and the mass and radius of astronomical bodies. 2. It provides 20 questions related to these concepts, asking about how weight is affected by depth underground or altitude above sea level on Earth, and how gravitational forces and weight would change if the mass or radius of Earth or other planets were different. 3. It also includes questions about deriving the equation for gravitational acceleration, why objects bounce higher on hills versus plains, and calculating values like gravitational potential energy and mass given other variables.

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Gravitation Worksheet

1. The document discusses concepts related to gravitation including acceleration due to gravity, gravitational potential energy, and how these factors vary with altitude, depth, and the mass and radius of astronomical bodies. 2. It provides 20 questions related to these concepts, asking about how weight is affected by depth underground or altitude above sea level on Earth, and how gravitational forces and weight would change if the mass or radius of Earth or other planets were different. 3. It also includes questions about deriving the equation for gravitational acceleration, why objects bounce higher on hills versus plains, and calculating values like gravitational potential energy and mass given other variables.

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Work sheet-Class XI, Chapter-8, Gravitation -2/3

(2/3: Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth. Gravitational
Potential Energy and Gravitational potential)

1. Where does a body weigh more – at the surface of the earth or in a mine?
2. If the earth is regarded as a hollow sphere , then what is the weight of an object
below the surface of the earth?
3. A particle is to be placed in turn, outside four objects, each of mass m. (i) a large
uniform solid sphere (ii) a large uniform spherical shell (iii) a small uniform solid
sphere (iv) a small uniform shell. In each situation, the distance between the particle
and the centre of the object is d. Rank the objects according to the magnitude of the
gravitational force they exert on the particles, greatest first.
4. Where is the gravitational potential energy maximum?
5. What is the amount of work done in bringing a mass from the surface of earth on one
side to a point diametrically opposite on the other side?
6. The gravitational potential energy of a body of mass m is 10 -7 J. What energy is
required to project the body out of the gravitational field of earth?
7. If earth shrinks to half of its present radius , its mass remaining the same, the weight
of an object on the earth will increase ….. times. Fill in the blank.
8. What is the dimensional formula of universal constant of gravitation?
9. Two particles of masses m1 and m2 attract each other gravitationally and are set in
motion under the influence of gravitational force. Will the centre of mass move?
10. If the radius of earth shrinks by 1.5% (mass remains the same ) then how would the
value of acceleration due to gravity change?
11. If the diameter of the earth becomes two times the present value and its mass remains
the same, then how would the weight of an object on the surface of the earth be
affected?
12. Why a body weighs more at poles and less at equator?
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13. Derive the relation: 𝑔 = , where ρ is the mean density of earth, R is the radius
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of the earth, g is the acceleration due to gravity and G is the gravitational constant.
14. Why a tennis ball bounces higher on hills than in plains?
15. Why a man can jump higher on the moon than on the earth ?
16. The acceleration due to gravity at the moon’s surface is 1.67 m/s 2. If the radius of the
moon is 1.74*106m, calculate the mass of the moon. [7.58*1022 kg]
17. A man can jump 2.0 m high on the earth. Calculate the approximate height he might
be able to jump on a planet whose density is one quarter that of the earth. And whose
radius is one third of that of the earth’s radius. [24 m]
18. The Mount Everest is 8848 m above the mean sea level. Estimate the acceleration due
to gravity at this height , given that mean g on the surface of the earth is 9.8 m/s 2. And
mean radius of the earth is 6.37*106m. [9.77 m/s2]
19. What will be the value of g at the bottom of sea 7 km deep ? Diameter of earth is
12800 km and g on the surface of the earth is 9.8 m/s2. [9.789 m/s2]
20. How much faster than the present rate should the earth rotate about its axis so that the
weight of a body at the equator becomes zero? Also calculate the new length of the
day. What would happen if the rotation becomes still faster.
[17 times, 1.4 hour, objects kept loose on the equator will start leaving the earth’s
surface.]

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