XI Physics_New Chapter-7_GRAVITATION_[True or False Statement Questions]
Sl # Statements [7.1 Intro; 7.2 Kepler's Laws; 7.3 1 Universal Law of Gravitation] True/False
Aryabhatta, in the 5th century A.D., mentioned the heliocentric model, where the Sun is the
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center around which the planets revolve.
For a hollow spherical shell of uniform density, the force of attraction on a point mass
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outside the shell is as if all the shell's mass were concentrated at its center.
Galileo recognized that all objects are accelerated toward the Earth with a constant
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acceleration, irrespective of their masses.
Gravitational force between a hollow spherical shell and a point mass outside is as if the
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entire shell's mass is concentrated at its center.
Inside a hollow spherical shell of uniform density, the gravitational force on a point mass is
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zero.
Kepler's first law states that all planets move in elliptical orbits with the Sun situated at one
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of the foci.
Kepler's laws describe planetary motion, including the law of orbits, law of areas, and law of
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periods.
Kepler's second law states that a line joining any planet to the Sun sweeps equal areas in
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equal intervals of time, indicating that planets move faster when closer to the Sun.
Kepler's Third Law of Planetary Motion states that the square of a planet's time period is
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proportional to the cube of its semi-major axis.
Newton's Law of Gravitation: Objects in the universe attract each other with force
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proportional to masses and inversely proportional to distance squared.
Ptolemy's geocentric model suggested that all celestial objects, including stars, the Sun, and
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planets, revolved around the Earth in circular orbits.
The gravitational force on a point mass due to another point mass can be calculated using
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the formula F = G * (m1 * m2) / r^2.
The Law of Areas in Kepler's Laws states that planets sweep equal areas in equal intervals of
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time, related to their motion.
Tycho Brahe's observations of planets were analyzed by Johannes Kepler, who formulated
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three laws known as Kepler's laws.
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, XI Physics_New Chapter-7_GRAVITATION_[True or False Statement Questions]
Statements [7.4 THE GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANT; 7.5 ACCELERATION DUE TO GRAVITY OF
Sl # THE EARTH; 7.6 ACCELERATION DUE TO GRAVITY BELOW AND ABOVE THE SURFACE OF True/False
EARTH; 7.7 GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY]
Cavendish's experiment involved two large spheres, Si and S2, which were used to measure
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the gravitational constant by observing the rotation of a bar AB.
English scientist Henry Cavendish determined the gravitational constant G experimentally in
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1798.
Gravitational forces between objects follow an inverse square law, and the gravitational
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potential energy between two objects is given by -GMm/r.
Gravitational potential decreases as one moves further from the Earth's surface, following a
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1/r relationship.
Gravitational potential energy between two masses is U = -G * (m1 * m2) / r, with U, G, m1,
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m2, and r defined.
Gravitational potential energy depends on the mass of the body and its distance from the
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center of the Earth.
Gravitational potential energy is a scalar quantity and does not have a direction associated
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with it.
Gravitational potential energy measures work to move an object from infinity to a distance
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from a massive body, relative to zero potential energy at infinity.
The acceleration due to gravity, g, on the surface of the Earth is approximately 9.81 m/s^2.
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The gravitational constant G is responsible for the gravitational force between masses and
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has the value of approximately 6.67 x 10^-11 N m^2/kg^2.
The gravitational constant G is used to calculate the gravitational force between two masses
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and is essential for understanding gravitation.
The gravitational potential at a point is the potential energy of a unit mass placed at that
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point in a gravitational field.
The gravitational potential at the center of a square formed by four particles at its vertices is
13 -5.41 times the gravitational potential at a distance of one unit from one of the particles. TRUE
The gravitational potential energy of a system of particles can be calculated by summing the
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potential energies of all possible pairs of particles in the system.
The universal law of gravitation applies to all masses, stating gravity force is proportional to
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mass product and inversely proportional to distance squared.
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