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The numerical value of acceleration due to gravity at the surface of the earth is 9.8 meter per square second or 9.8m/s. This is the value that is generally used.

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What happens to acceleration if the mass is increased and due to gravity?

The acceleration of an object due to gravity does not depend on the mass. Close to Earth's surface, this acceleration is about 9.8 meters per second per second.


Why don't all falling objects have an acceleration of 9.8 ms?

If gravity is the only force, they WILL have an acceleration of about 9.8 meter per second square, close to Earth's surface. However, there may be forces other than gravity involved - such as air resistance.


Acceleration due to gravity is usually equal to m s?

Acceleration is measured in m/s2, not in m/s. Close to the Earth's surface, the acceleration due to gravity is approximately 9.8 m/s2. It varies a bit, depending on the exact location, but not enough to be noticeable except by careful measurement.


What is the importance of acceleration due to gravity?

Force = Mass x Acceleration F = ma W=mg It is the intensity of the gravitational field. The acceleration. due to gravity is the force experienced by a body of unit mass in a gravitational field. it is the force experienced by a body of unit mass towards the centre of the earth by the pull of the earth.


What is the acceleration due to gravity near the earth's surface?

9.81 m/s2 gravity is dependant on the total mass of the two bodies, and the distance between their mass centers, and irrespective of any motion or rotation on earth, their would be a very small acceleration due to rotation about the earths axis (0 at the poles , maximum at the equator) , but this is a totally seperate issue

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What happens to acceleration if the mass is increased and due to gravity?

The acceleration of an object due to gravity does not depend on the mass. Close to Earth's surface, this acceleration is about 9.8 meters per second per second.


Is there enough gravity to keep close to the surface of Uranus?

Sure. The acceleration of gravity at the 'surface' of Uranus is 8.995 m/s2 . . . about 92% of what it is on Earth, and greater than on Mercury, Venus, Mars, Pluto, or the moon.


The acceleration of gravity close to the earth is how fast?

The acceleration of gravity everywhere near the earth's surface is roughly 9.8 meters (32.2 feet) per second2.At different places, and on the ocean floor, and on mountains, it has slightly different values.


Why don't all falling objects have an acceleration of 9.8 ms?

If gravity is the only force, they WILL have an acceleration of about 9.8 meter per second square, close to Earth's surface. However, there may be forces other than gravity involved - such as air resistance.


Acceleration due to gravity is usually equal to m s?

Acceleration is measured in m/s2, not in m/s. Close to the Earth's surface, the acceleration due to gravity is approximately 9.8 m/s2. It varies a bit, depending on the exact location, but not enough to be noticeable except by careful measurement.


What is the importance of acceleration due to gravity?

Force = Mass x Acceleration F = ma W=mg It is the intensity of the gravitational field. The acceleration. due to gravity is the force experienced by a body of unit mass in a gravitational field. it is the force experienced by a body of unit mass towards the centre of the earth by the pull of the earth.


Why is the air so close to the surface of the earth?

The air is close to the surface of the earth because gravity holds it there


This holds a planet's atmosphere close to its surface?

What is Gravity?


Why acceleration due to gravity in water than less than outer side relation?

The acceleration due to gravity on or close to the earth's surface is always g, (981cm/s/s). An object can be restricted from achieving this in many ways eg putting it on a table top. Nobody asks why the acceleration due to gravity is zero on table tops. Water also restricts acceleration due to viscosity, which, as for parachutes in air, will be velocity dependent. So the short answer is, in water the object is in a restricting environment, unlike in free fall where the acceleration will be g.


What is the acceleration due to gravity near the earth's surface?

9.81 m/s2 gravity is dependant on the total mass of the two bodies, and the distance between their mass centers, and irrespective of any motion or rotation on earth, their would be a very small acceleration due to rotation about the earths axis (0 at the poles , maximum at the equator) , but this is a totally seperate issue


How is weight related to gravitational force?

Weight = Mass * Acceleration of gravity. Weight = force of gravity on particular object. Weight = force of gravity on an object; Gravity = attracts all objects toward each other


Why do the gases in the earth atmosphere stay close to the surface of the planet?

Mostly for the same reason you stay close to the surface of the planet - gravity!