Is gravity the same everywhere on Earth?
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wickedwillie
ANSWERS: 14
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Pretty much... but... On top of Everest, you are that much further from the Earth's pull, that gravity is reduced by a whopping 0.3% compared to sea-level. Due to earth's bulge and its rotation, you weigh 0.5% more at the poles than at the equator. Variations in the density of the Earth mean that gravity varies in strength and even direction. Near a large mountain, you are pulled a tiny bit towards the mountain away from being pulled straight down. Even the tides of the Moon and Sun are changing the local gravity, detectable by sensitive instruments. These effects are all tiny, and to a good approximation gravity is the same all over the surface of the Earth. If it were possible to drill to the earth's core however, the gravity would decrease to weightlessness at the centre. Something not anticpated by Jules Verne.
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gravity is the same everywhere on earth mostly but there is a section in the bermuda triangle which has been proven to be double earths gravity due to active radiation
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No gravity is not same everywhere on earth... It varies with both the height you are at and the your position on earth( in terms of longitude and latitude).. You will feel heavier when at poles.. and lighter when at the equator
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+6 No it is not
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Yes gravity is same on earth
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no, gravity is the attraction between masses. Eg if you drop an apple the apple is attracted to the earth and the earth is also attracted to the apple but the apple moves and not the earth because the earth has a bigger mass than the apple and smaller things are attracted to things with a larger mass. the sun has a larger mass than the earth so the earth moves towards the sun and hence orbits it but the reason it doesnt continue to get closer to the sun and orbits it instead can be explained by mathematics. So actually the gravity on the higest points of the earth will be lower than on lower points in a similar area simily because the higher points are further away from most of the earth (as gravitational field decreases as you get further away from the centre of gravity). the gravity will also be stronger at the poles of the earth because they are somewhat flatter and therefore closer to the gravitational core than areas around the equator.
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Gravity is a constant, but depends on your distance from the center of mass. Also, gravity is somewhat counteracted on the earth by the earth's rotation, which would throw us off the surface if not for that gravity. The spin is greater at the equator than at the poles, so gravity "appears" to be weaker in the tropics than in the polar regions.
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Not sure I did read recently though that if you throw something west it goes farther than if you were to throw it east.???
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Gravity varies along with lattitude and altitude.It's relatively weaker at the equator than at poles due to earth's rotation.
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It must be. I am consistently overweight no matter what scales I step on.
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The gravity you feel from the Earth depends on the distance you are from its center. So if you are up on mountains, there is less gravity. However, the difference is negligible, you wouldnt notice it.
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No it is not. However, the difference is quite neglibible assuming we limit the locations to those possible for a human to be at (i.e. not at the center of the earth or anything like that). My physics teacher told me that the further one gets from the center of the earth, the weaker the attraction we have to it. This means that on extremely elevated ground (such as Mt. Everest) there is a slight difference in gravity.
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The rotation of the earth makes gravity slightly less at the equator. The gravity is slighty different because of elevation changes. The higher you go, the less gravity there is.
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yes. 9.8m/s squared
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