Physics GCSE
weight depends on location
What weight depends on location means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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A force that depends on where the object is, because the gravitational field strength at that point changes.
Topics that use weight depends on location
- Gravity (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- elastic deformation
- field weakens with distance
- gravitational field
- Gravitational field strength
- newtonmeter
- straight line through the origin
- units N, kg and N/kg
- W = m × g
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