Acceleration Due to Gravity
Acceleration Due to Gravity: Overview
In this topic, we will learn the definition and SI unit of acceleration due to gravity. It deals with the factors on which acceleration due to gravity depends. We will also learn its value at the surface of the Earth and Moon.
Important Questions on Acceleration Due to Gravity
If the weight of a body on earth is , then its weight be on the moon is .

The mass of an object is , then its weight on moon is _____.

If mass of an object be , then its weight on moon is.

The weight of same body is _____ at earth and at the moon.

During a free fall towards moon the acceleration of a body is equal to _____.

Where is the accelerations due to gravity maximum? (at poles/at equator)

The acceleration due to gravity depends on _____.

What is Gravitational Acceleration? Write its formula.

A stone weighs on Earth. On the Moon, a spring balance shows its weight as . On the Moon, if you place the stone on a pan of a beam balance, what quantity of standard weights placed on the other pan will balance it?
