Physics miscellaneous
- A sphere rolls down on two inclined planes of different angles but same height, it does so
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The velocity of the sphere at the bottom depends only on height and acceleration due to gravity. Both these values are constants. Therefore, the velocity at the bottom remains the same whichever inclined plane the sphere is rolled. However, the sphere will take longer time to reach the bottom of the inclined plane having the smaller inclination. The kinetic energy will be the same. What will differ is time taken to reach the bottom.
Correct Option: B
The velocity of the sphere at the bottom depends only on height and acceleration due to gravity. Both these values are constants. Therefore, the velocity at the bottom remains the same whichever inclined plane the sphere is rolled. However, the sphere will take longer time to reach the bottom of the inclined plane having the smaller inclination. The kinetic energy will be the same. What will differ is time taken to reach the bottom.
- Sun’s heat reaches us by
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Radiation is a process in which energetic particles or energetic waves travel through vacuum, or through matter-containing media that are not required for their propagation. The sun’s rays reach us in the form of electromagnetic radiation. This type of radiation covers a wide spectrum (that is a wide range of frequencies), but those from the sun are mainly infra-red, visible, and ultra-violet.
Correct Option: C
Radiation is a process in which energetic particles or energetic waves travel through vacuum, or through matter-containing media that are not required for their propagation. The sun’s rays reach us in the form of electromagnetic radiation. This type of radiation covers a wide spectrum (that is a wide range of frequencies), but those from the sun are mainly infra-red, visible, and ultra-violet.
- Sun’s heat reaches us by
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Radiation is a process in which energetic particles or energetic waves travel through vacuum, or through matter-containing media that are not required for their propagation. The sun’s rays reach us in the form of electromagnetic radiation. This type of radiation covers a wide spectrum (that is a wide range of frequencies), but those from the sun are mainly infra-red, visible, and ultra-violet.
Correct Option: C
Radiation is a process in which energetic particles or energetic waves travel through vacuum, or through matter-containing media that are not required for their propagation. The sun’s rays reach us in the form of electromagnetic radiation. This type of radiation covers a wide spectrum (that is a wide range of frequencies), but those from the sun are mainly infra-red, visible, and ultra-violet.
- Myopia is the same as
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Myopia or near-sightedness is condition of the eye where the light that comes in does not directly focus on the retina but in front of it. This causes the image that one sees when looking at a distant object to be out of focus but in focus when looking at a close object. It is corrected by using concave lenses.
Correct Option: A
Myopia or near-sightedness is condition of the eye where the light that comes in does not directly focus on the retina but in front of it. This causes the image that one sees when looking at a distant object to be out of focus but in focus when looking at a close object. It is corrected by using concave lenses.
- What is the principle of a ‘Life Jacket’?
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The upward-pushing force that keeps things afloat is called buoyancy. For an object to float it must be able to equal its own weight by displacing enough water. A life jacket is mainly filled with gas which has a very low mass. As such when worn by a person, it acts to significantly increase their volume for only a very small increase in their mass. This means that they have a lower density than normal which increases their buoyancy and helps them to float.
Correct Option: B
The upward-pushing force that keeps things afloat is called buoyancy. For an object to float it must be able to equal its own weight by displacing enough water. A life jacket is mainly filled with gas which has a very low mass. As such when worn by a person, it acts to significantly increase their volume for only a very small increase in their mass. This means that they have a lower density than normal which increases their buoyancy and helps them to float.