A P Shreelatha and Neetu Singh Solutions for Chapter: Gravitation, Exercise 1: TEST YOURSELF

When a ball is dropped, the earth attracts the ball towards itself. Does the ball also attract the earth towards it?

Value of universal gravitational constant is _____ $\times {10}^{-11} \mathrm{N} {\mathrm{m}}^2/{\mathrm{kg}}^2$.

Who gave the universal law of gravitation?

What name has been given to the force with which two objects lying apart attract each other?

Give the formula for the gravitational force F between two bodies of masses $m_1$and $m_{2 }$kept at a distance d from each other.

Define centripetal force.

Explain the force that acts between earth and moon.

State Newton's law of gravitation.