Gravitational Acceleration
The gravitational acceleration is the acceleration of an object due to the pull of the
gravitational force.
The unit of gravitational acceleration is ms-2
Gravitational acceleratio is also denoted by the symbol "g".
Symbol: g
Important notes:
Gravitational acceleration does not depend on the mass of the moving object.
Both the gravitational field strength and gravitational acceleration have the
symbol, g and the same value (10ms-2) on the surface of the earth.
Weight
The weight of an object is defined as the gravitational force acting on the object.
The SI unit of weight is Newton (N)
Differences between Weight and Mass
Weight
Mass
Vector quantity
Scalar Quantity