Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
What do you understand by the term force due to gravity ?
Advertisements
Solution
The force with which the Earth attracts a body towards its centre is called the force due to gravity.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
When a shot is fired from a gun, the gun is recoiled. Explain.
In the Figure a block of weight 15 N is hanging from a rigid support by a string. What force is exerted by (a) a block on the string and (b) a string on the block? Name and show them in the diagram.
The weight of a body on Earth is 98 N, where acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 m s-2. What will be its (a) mass and (b) weight on the Moon, where acceleration due to gravity is 1.6 m s-2?
State the unit of weight in CGS system.
Is force a scalar or a vector quantity?
Can every force produced motion in every type of body?
In the below figure, a block of weight 20 N is hanging from a rigid support by a string. Find:
The force exerted by block on the string.
In the below figure, a block of weight 20 N is hanging from a rigid support by a string. Find:
The force exerted by string on the block.
