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Weight and gravity
OCR GCSE Physics A (J249) — Forces
What You Need to Know
Define weight and describe how it is measured.
Describe the relationship between the weight of an object and the gravitational field strength,
g
g
g
.
Know that
g
g
g
is approximately 10 N/kg at the Earth’s surface.
W
=
m
g
W = m g
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W
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