Home
Class 11
PHYSICS
At what circumstances weightlessness ari...

At what circumstances weightlessness arise?

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

(i) In a freely falling lift
(ii) Inside a spacecraft
(iii) At the centre of the Earth.
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • GRAVITATION

    PREMIERS PUBLISHERS|Exercise OTHER IMPORTANT QUESTION & ANSWERS (SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS)|28 Videos

  • GRAVITATION

    PREMIERS PUBLISHERS|Exercise OTHER IMPORTANT QUESTION & ANSWERS (LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS)|10 Videos

  • GRAVITATION

    PREMIERS PUBLISHERS|Exercise OTHER IMPORTANT QUESTION & ANSWERS (MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS)|162 Videos

  • KINEMATICS

    PREMIERS PUBLISHERS|Exercise Other important questions & answers (V. Numerical problems).|166 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

Define weightlessness.

What is meant by Weightless?

What is meant by Weightless?

What do you mean by the term weightlessness ? Explain the state of weightlessness of a freely falling body.

There is no gravity in the orbiting space station around the Earth . So the astronauts feel weightlessness .

Assertion : A freely falling body is in the state of weightlessness Reason : A body becomes conscious of its weight only when it is opposed

PREMIERS PUBLISHERS-GRAVITATION-OTHER IMPORTANT QUESTION & ANSWERS (VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTION)
  1. What is the relation between escape and orbital velocity?

    Text Solution

    |

  2. State the condition for satellite to be geostationary.

    Text Solution

    |

  3. At what circumstances weightlessness arise?

    Text Solution

    |

  4. What do you understand by the term 'epicycle' in geocentric theory?

    Text Solution

    |

  5. Distinguish between the terms gravitation and gravity.

    Text Solution

    |

  6. Distinguish between Geocentric model and Heliocentric model.

    Text Solution

    |

  7. What is free fall of a body ?

    Text Solution

    |

  8. What are the values of g and G at the centre of the earth?

    Text Solution

    |

  9. Does the escape velocity depend on the location from where it is proje...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. What is the maximum number of electrons in the 'n' th orbit?

    Text Solution

    |

  11. Calculate the gravitational potential near the surface of the Earth.

    Text Solution

    |

  12. Does the acceleration with which a body falls towards the centre of th...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. Explain how the mass of the Earth can be estimated from the knowledge ...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. On what factors the value of "g" at any place on the Earth depends?

    Text Solution

    |

  15. What is the gravitational field strength of a planet where the weight ...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. How much will be the weight of the object at the centre of the Earth?

    Text Solution

    |

  17. At the centre of the earth, does a simple pendulum oscillate?

    Text Solution

    |

  18. What is the use of measuring 'g' accurately on Earth surface?

    Text Solution

    |

  19. What is satellite?

    Text Solution

    |

  20. Draw a graph showing the variation of 'g' with distance from the centr...

    Text Solution

    |