7.5 - Acceleration Due to Gravity of the Earth
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What is the value of the acceleration due to gravity at Earth's surface?
💡 Hint: Remember the commonly used value for gravity.
What does the gravitational constant (G) represent?
💡 Hint: What is the numerical value of G?
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What happens to acceleration due to gravity as you ascend from Earth's surface?
💡 Hint: Consider how gravitational pull works.
True or False: Gravitational pull is stronger below Earth's surface than at the surface.
💡 Hint: Think about how mass affects gravitational force.
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A satellite is orbiting Earth at a height where gravitational acceleration is 8.7 m/s². Calculate the height of the satellite above Earth's surface. Use g(h) = g(1 - (h/R_E)).
💡 Hint: Rearrange the equation to solve for height h.
Explain why the gravitational force on an object at the center of the Earth is zero, considering Earth’s layers and gravitational principles.
💡 Hint: Use shell theorem to analyze mass distribution.
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