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Physics A
Forces
Forces in action
Weight and gravity
Weight and gravity
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
W
=
m
g
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