Page 53 - Force 10

Assignment

• Define acceleration due to gravity.

• What kind of quantity is acceleration due to gravity ? Write it’s SI unit.

• What would be the velocity of a body falling from a significant height

when it reaches the ground in 5 second ? ( provided that the fall is free

fall and its initial velocity is 0m/s)

2
• The acc. due to gravity on the earth is 9.8m/s . What does it mean?

• The acc. due to gravity on the Jupiter is 25m/s . What does it mean?
2

• What are the measurements of acceleration due to gravity on the polar

region and equatorial region of the earth ? What would be the average of

them ?

Thank you !!!