Question

For an object on the surface of the earth, the magnitude of the acceleration due to the gravity of the earth it experiences depends also depends on the mass of that object.

(a) True

(b) False

This question was posed to me during an interview.

This interesting question is from Acceleration due to Gravity of the Earth in chapter Gravitation of Physics – Class 11

Answer 1

Correct choice is (b) False

The best I can explain: g = (G*M1)/R^2;

M1 = Mass of the earth

The acceleration due to the gravity of the earth experienced by any object on the surface of the earth depends only on the mass of earth and the square of the distance between the object and the centre of the earth.