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1.
State any three differences between mass and weight.
2.
A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 49 m/s. Calculate
(i) the maximum height to which it rises,
(ii) the total time it takes to return to the surface of the earth.
3.
What happens to the force between two objects, if
(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?
4.
What are the differences between the mass of an object and its weight?
5.
A stone is dropped from the adge ofg the roof, find
(i) How long does it take to fall 4.9 m?
(ii) How fast does it move at the end of that fall?
(iii) How fast does it move at the end of 7.9 metres?
(iv) What is its acceleration after 1 s and after 2s?
6.
The radius of the earth at the poles is 6357 km and the radius at the equator is 6378 km. Calculate the percentage change in the weight of a body when it is taken from the equator to the poles.
7.
(i) Define relative density. Give its mathematical form.
(ii) The mass of an iron cube having an edge length 1.5 em is 50 g. Find its density.
(iii) The volume of a 250 g sealed tin is 400 cubic cm. Find the density of the tin in g (cc)-1. State, if the object would sink or float in water
8.
(i) A steel needle sinks in water but a steel ship floats. Explain, how?
(ii) Why do you prefer a broad and thick handle of your suitcase?
9.
(i) list two differences between thrust and pressure.
(ii) What is meant by 1 pascal and 1 newton? How will the pressure change, if area of contact is doubled?
10.
Two objects of masses m1 and m2 having the same size are dropped simultaneously from heights h1and h2' respectively. Find out the ratio of time they would take in reaching the ground. Will this ratio remain the same, if
(i) one of the objects is hollow and the other one is solid and
(ii) both of them are hollow, size remaining the same in each case? Give reason.
11.
(i) Write the formula to find the magnitude of gravitational force between the earth and an object on the earth's surface.
(ii) Derive how does the value of gravitational force F between two objects change when
(a) distance between them is reduced to half and
(b) mass of an object is increased four times
1.
Difference between mass and weight:
| Mass | Weight |
|---|---|
| 1. Mass is the quantity of matter contained in a body and is the measure of its inertia. | Weight of a body is the force which a body is attracted towards the centre of the earth. |
| 2. Its value remains constant at all places. | Its value (W=mg) changes from place to place due to the change in the value of acceleration due to gravity 'g'. |
| 3. It is a scalar quantity. | It is a vector quantity. |
| 4. It is measured by a pan balance. | It is measured by a spring balance. |
| 5. Mass of a body is never zero. | Weight of a body is zero at the centre of the earth because there 'g' becomes zero. |
| 6. Its unit is kg | Its unit is Newton or kg-wt. |
2.
(i) In Cartesian sign convention, upwards velocity is taken positive and acceleration due to gravity is taken negatively.
\(\therefore\) u = + 49 ms-1, g = -9.8 ms-2
At the height point, v = o
\(\therefore\) As v2 - u2 = 2gs
O2 - 492 = 2(-9.8) x s
Maximum height, s = \(\frac { 49\times 49 }{ 2\times 2.9 } =122.5\)
(ii) let t be the time taken by the stone to reach the height point.
As,v = u + gt
0 = 49 - 9.8 x t
t = \(49\over9.8\) = 5 s
\(\therefore\) time of ascent = Tme of descent
Time taken by the stone to return earth's surface
= 2t = 2 x 5 = 10 s
3.
Force of gravitation, F = \(F'=G\frac { { m }_{ 1 }{ m }_{ 2 } }{ { r }^{ 2 } } \)
(i) When mass of one body (m1 or m2) is doubled, the force gets doubled.
\(F'=G\frac { { (2m }_{ 1 }){ m }_{ 2 } }{ { r }^{ 2 } } =2G\frac { { m }_{ 1 }{ m }_{ 2 } }{ { r }^{ 2 } } =2F\)
(ii) when the distance between the bodies is doubled,
\(F'=G\frac { { m }_{ 1 }{ m }_{ 2 } }{ (2{ r }^{ 2 }) } =\frac { 1 }{ 4 } G\frac { { m }_{ 1 }{ m }_{ 2 } }{ { r }^{ 2 } } \frac { 1 }{ 4 } F\)i.e. the force becomes one-fourth of the original force.
(iii) When the masses of both bodies are doubled,
\(F'=G\frac { { (2m }_{ 1 }){ (2m }_{ 2 }) }{ { r }^{ 2 } } =4G\frac { { m }_{ 1 }{ m }_{ 2 } }{ { r }^{ 2 } } =4F\)
i.e., the force becomes four times the original force.
(iii) When the distance between the two bodies is tripled,
\(F'=G\frac { { m }_{ 1 }{ m }_{ 2 } }{ (3{ r }^{ 2 }) } =\frac { 1 }{ 9 } G\frac { { m }_{ 1 }{ m }_{ 2 } }{ { r }^{ 2 } } \frac { 1 }{ 9 } F\)
i.e., the force becomes one-ninth of the originals force.
4.
|
Mass |
Weight |
|---|---|
| 1. Mass is the quantity of matter contained in a body and is the measure of its inertia. | 1. Weight of a body is the force which a body is attracted towards the centre of the earth. |
| 2. Its value remains constant at all places. | 2. Its value (W=mg) changes from place to place due to the change in the value of acceleration due to gravity 'g'. |
| 3. It is a scalar quantity. | 3. It is a vector quantity. |
| 4. It is measured by a pan balance. | 4. It is measured by a spring balance. |
| 5. Mass of a body is never zero. | 5. Weight of a body is zero at the centre of the earth because there 'g' becomes zero. |
| 6. Its unit is kg | 6. Its unit is Newton or kg-wt. |
5.
(i) \(u=0,\quad g=-9.8\quad m/s^{ 2 },\quad s=-4.9m\)
\(s=ut+\frac { 1 }{ 2 } { gt }^{ 2 }\)
\(\therefore -4.9=0-\frac { 1 }{ 2 } \times 9.8\times { t }^{ 2 }\quad or\quad t=\sqrt { \frac { 2\times 4.9 }{ 9.8 } } =1\ s.\)
(ii) \(u=0,\quad s=-4.9m,\quad g=-9.8\quad m/s^{ 2 },\)
\({ v }^{ 2 }-{ u }^{ 2 }=2gs\)
\(\therefore \ { v }^{ 2 }-0=2\times (-9.8)\times (-4.9)\quad or\quad v=\sqrt { 2\times 9.8\times 4.9 } =9.8\ m/s.\)
(iii) \(u=0,\quad g=-9.8\quad m/s^{ 2 },\quad s--7.9m\)
\(\because { v }^{ 2 }-{ u }^{ 2 }=2gs\)
\(\\ \therefore { \ v }^{ 2 }-0=2\times (-9.8)\times (-7.9)\)
\(\\ v=\sqrt { 2\times 9.8\times 7.9 } m/s=10.46\quad m/s\)
(iv) Acceleration after 1 s and after 2 s will be 9.8 m/s2 , because acceleration due to gravity remains almost same for small heights.
6.
Let acceleration due to gravity at equator,
\({ g }_{ e }=\cfrac { { GM }_{ e } }{ { R }_{ e }^{ 2 } } \)
and acceleration due to gravity at poles
\({ g }_{ p }=\cfrac { { GM }_{ e } }{ { R }_{ p }^{ 2 } } \)
The variation of acceleration due to gravity
\(\Delta \) g=gp -ge =GMe\(\left( \cfrac { 1 }{ { R }_{ p }^{ 2 } } -\cfrac { 1 }{ { R }_{ e }^{ 2 } } \right) \)
Percentage variation in g =\(\cfrac { { GM }_{ e }\left( \cfrac { 1 }{ { R }_{ p }^{ 2 } } -\cfrac { 1 }{ { R }_{ e }^{ 2 } } \right) }{ \cfrac { GM_{ e } }{ { R }_{ p }^{ 2 } } } \times 100\)
=\(\cfrac { { R }_{ e }^{ 2 }-{ { R }_{ p }^{ 2 } } }{ { R }_{ e }^{ 2 }{ R }_{ p }^{ 2 } } \times 100\times { R }_{ e }^{ 2 }=\cfrac { { R }_{ e }^{ 2 }-{ R }_{ p }^{ 2 } }{ { R }_{ p }^{ 2 } } \times 100=0.7%\)
\(\therefore\) % variation in the weight of a body = % change in g = 0.7%
7.
(i) The relative density of a substance is the ratio of its density to that of water.
Relative density of a substance
= \(\cfrac { Density\quad of\quad the\quad substance }{ Density\quad of\quad water } \)
Relative density of a substance
=\(=\cfrac { Mass\quad of\quad the\quad substance }{ Volume\quad of\quad the\quad substance } \times \cfrac { Volume\quad of\quad water }{ Mass\quad of\quad water } \) \(\left[ \therefore Density=\cfrac { mass }{ volume } \right] \)
Given that, mass of the cube = 50 g
Side of cube = 1.5 cm
\(\therefore\) Volume of cube = (1.5)3 cm3 = 3.375 cm3
\(\therefore\) Density =\(\cfrac { mass }{ Volume } \)
=\(\cfrac { 50 }{ 3.375 } \) = 14.81 g cm-3
(iil) Given that, mass, m = 250 g
Volume, V= 400 cc
\(\therefore \) Density=\(\cfrac { mass }{ Volume } \)
= \(\cfrac { 250 }{ 400 } \)g(cc)-1= 0.625 g (cc)-1
As we know that, density of water = 1 g (cc)-1. So, density of tin is less than that of water and hence tin will float.
8.
(i) Ship displaces more water than needle as volume of ship is more than that of needle. Since, upthrust depend on volume of object (U =Vdg), so more the volume of object, more upthrust act on it and object floats.
(ii) Since, pressure act on the body is inversely proportional to the surface area of contact, i.e. \(p\propto \cfrac { 1 }{ A } \)
It means that more the area of contact, less pressure will act on the body. As the broad and the thick handle of our suitcase has large area, due to which less pressure acts on our hand and it is very easy to take from one place to another.
9.
() Difference between thrust and pressure are
| Thrust | Pressur |
| The force exerted by the body perpendicular to the surface is known as thrust. | Thrust acting on unit area is called pressure, i.e. Pressure\(\left( P \right) =\cfrac { Force\left( F \right) }{ Area\left( A \right) } \) |
| 81 unit of thrust is newton (N). | SI unit of pressure is Nm-2 or Pa (pascal). |
The pressure exerted by 1 N of force, acting perpendicular on the s~rface of 1m 2 area is called 1pascal.
1 Pa= 1Nm-2
(1)
The force required to accelerate 1 kilogram of mass at the rate of 1 metre per second square is called 1newton.
1N = 1 kg ms-2
Since, pressure is inversely proportional ro the area 0 contact, Le. \(p\propto \cfrac { 1 }{ A } \)
Therefore, pressure will reduce to half, if area of contact is doubled.
10.
Height of object A,\({ h }_{ 1 }=\cfrac { 1 }{ 2 } g{ t }_{ 1 }^{ 2 }\)
Height of object B,\({ h }_{ 2 }=\cfrac { 1 }{ 2 } g{ t }_{ 2 }^{ 2 }\)
\(\therefore \) \({ h }_{ 1 }{ h }_{ 2 }={ t }_{ 1 }^{ 2 }:{ t }_{ 2 }^{ 2 }\)
or \({ t }_{ 1 }:{ { t }_{ 2 }=\sqrt { { h }_{ 1 } } :\sqrt { { h }_{ 2 } } }\)
(i) Acceleration due to gravity is independent of mass of falling body. So, ratio remains the same
(ii) If bodies are hollow, then also ratio remains the same, i.e.\({ t }_{ 1 }:{ { t }_{ 2 }=\sqrt { { h }_{ 1 } } :\sqrt { { h }_{ 2 } } }\)
11.
((t) Formula to find the magnitude of gravitational
Force, \(F=\cfrac { GMm }{ { R }^{ 2 } } \)
where, M = mass of the earth
m = mass of the object
R = radius of the earth
and universal gravitational constant,
G = 6.67 X 10-11 N-m2/kg2
(ii) (a) Let gravitational force be F when the distance between them is R
\(F=\cfrac { GMm }{ { R }^{ 2 } } \)
Now, when the distance reduces to half
\({ F }^{ ' }=\cfrac { GMm }{ \left( \cfrac { R }{ 2 } \right) ^{ 2 } } =\cfrac { 4GMm }{ { R }^{ 2 } } \)
On dividing Eq. (i) by Eq. (ii), we get
\(\cfrac { F }{ { F }^{ ' } } =\cfrac { GMm }{ { R }^{ 2 } } \times \cfrac { { R }^{ 2 } }{ 4GMm } \)
F' = 4F
(b) When the mass becomes 4 times
\(\cfrac { F }{ { F }^{ ' } } =\cfrac { GMm }{ { R }^{ 2 } } \times \cfrac { { R }^{ 2 } }{ 4GMm } \)
\(\Rightarrow\) F' = 4F
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