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Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with height
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Variation in the Value of Acceleration Due to Gravity
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Variation of g with Height
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Variation of g with depth
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Important Questions
Discuss the variation of g with
(a) altitude (b) depth
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A body weighs
6
3
N on the surface of the earth. What is the gravitational force (in N) on it due to the earth at a height equal to half the radius of the earth ?
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The depth
′
d
′
at which the value of acceleration due to gravity becomes
n
1
times the value at the earth's surface is
(
R
=
radius of earth)
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The height at which the weight of a body becomes 1/16th its weight on the surface of earth (Radius R ) is:
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The change in the value of
g
at a height
h
about the surface of the earth is the same as at a depth
d
below the surface of earth. When both
d
and
h
are much smaller than the radius of earth, then which one of the following is correct?
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A body weighs
7
2
N
on the surface of earth. What is the gravitational force on it due to earth at a height equal to half the radius of the earth from the surface?
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A body weighs 200 N on the surface of the earth. How much it weigh half way down to the centre of the earth ?
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The acceleration due to gravity at a height 1 km above the earth is the same as at a depth d below the surface of earth. Then:
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A body weighs
7
2
N
on the surface of the earth. What is the gravitational force on it due to the earth at a height equal to half the radius of the earth?
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Explain why the value of
g
is zero at the centre of the earth.
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