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Question 11 Mark
State true/ false. If false, correct the statement: “Earth exerts a greater force of attraction on apple than apple exerts on the earth.”
Answer
False.
Explanation: Earth exerts the force of attraction on apple equal to the force apple exerts on the earth.
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Question 21 Mark
The following statements are true or false: The value of $G$ on the moon is about one-sixth $\big(\frac{1}{6}\big)$ of the value of G on the earth.
Answer
False.
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Question 31 Mark
The following statements are true or false:
The force of gravitation between two objects depends on the nature of medium between them.
Answer
False.
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Question 41 Mark
The following statements are true or false: The acceleration due to gravity acting on a freely falling body is directly proportional to the mass of the body.
Answer
False.
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Question 51 Mark
State whether the following statements are true or false: The buoyant force depends on the nature of object immersed in the liquid.
Answer
False.
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Question 71 Mark
Weight is a vector quantity and mass is a scalar quantity. [True/ False]
Answer
True.
Explanation:
Weight is a force which is a vector and has a magnitude and direction. Mass is a scalar. Weight and mass are related to one another, but they are not the same quantity. Mass and energy are scalar quantities, while momentum is a vector quantity.
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Question 81 Mark
The following statements are true or false: Tire weight of an object on the earth is about one-sixth of its weight on the moon.
Answer
False.
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Question 91 Mark
Ships and submarines are designed on the basis of Archimedes Principle. [True/ False]
Answer
True.
Explanation: Archimedes principle states that "when an object is immersed in liquid it feels the loss of weight" the amount of weight loss is equal to the amount of water displaced and its weight so ship displaces its own weight on water.
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Question 101 Mark
State whether the following statements are true or false: 'Archimedes’ principle can also be applied to gases.
Answer
True.
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Question 111 Mark
Acceleration due to gravity reduces as one goes from pole to equator. [True/ False]
Answer
True.
Explanation:
This means that the centripetal acceleration at the Equator is about $0.03m/ s^2$ (metres per second squared). This has the effect of slightly increasing your weight at the poles (since you are close to the centre of the Earth and the gravitational force depends on distance) and slightly decreasing it at the equator.
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