Gravitational acceleration

Subject: Physics

Grade: Upper Secondary

Publisher: YDP

Resource types: Class activity

Resource ID: h218
Description:

At the end of this activity, students should be able to:
– understand that the gravitational acceleration on the surface of the Earth is not constant
– explain the relationship between gravitational acceleration and distance from the surface of the Earth
– state the difference between the mass and the weight of a body
– determine the gravitational acceleration for a system of a few celestial bodies.

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Upper Secondary (Grades 10-12)

Physics

Gravitational field

29. Gravitational acceleration

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Keywords

velocity, free, weight, mass, speed, motion, average, gravitational, gravity, distance, acceleration, uniformly, fall, gravitational acceleration, weightlessness

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