QUESTIONS

Part – A and B
1. Define rigid body
2. Define moment of inertia of a rigid body
3. Define radius of gyration
5. Define angular momentum
6. State the law of conservation of angular momentum
7. State Newton’s I law of gravitation
8. State Newton’s II Law of gravitation
9. What is a satellite?
10. Define escape velocity
11. Define orbital velocity
12. Give any two uses of artificial satellites
13. Derive an expression for the moment of inertia of a rigid body about an axis.
14. Explain Newton’s Law of Gravitation
15. Explain escape velocity and orbital velocity
16. Write the uses of artificial satellites
Part – C
1. Derive an expression for the kinetic energy of a rigid body rotating about an axis.
2. Derive an expression for the angular momentum of a rigid body rotating about an axis.
3. Obtain an expression for the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the earth.
4. Obtain an expression for the variation of acceleration due to gravity with altitude.
5. Derive an expression for the escape velocity from the surface of the earth
Exercise Problems
1. Find the escape velocity at the surface of the moon, given that the radius of moon is 2 x 106 m
and acceleration due to gravity on the surface of moon is 1.69 ms-2.
Brain teaser
1. The escape velocity from the surface of the earth is 11.2 kms-1. Find the escape velocity from the
surface of another planet where mass and diameter are twice that of earth.
2. What is the acceleration due to gravity at a distance from the centre of the Earth, which is equal
to diameter of the Earth ?

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