Question

Acceleration due to gravity ---------- with height from the surface of the earth.

• A. Decreases
• B. Increases
• C. Remains constant
• D. Cannot say

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Decreases

Any two objects attract each other with a force $F_g=\frac{GMm}{R^2}$ where $G$ is the gravitational constant, $M$ and $m$ the masses of the two bodies and $R$ is the distance along the line joining their centre of mass