(a) What do you understand by the term 'acceleration due to gravity of earth'?
(b) What is the usual value of the acceleration due to gravity of earth?
(c) State the SI unit of acceleration due to gravity.

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(a) Due to gravitational forces, earth pulls other objects towards itself. The acceleration produced in a body due to the gravitational attraction of the earth is known as the acceleration due to gravity.

(b) The calculated value of acceleration due to gravity on earth is 9.8 m/s².

(c) SI unit of acceleration due to gravity is the same as of the normal acceleration. i.e. m/s².

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