Table of Contents
- 1 How much do I weigh at the equator?
- 2 How much less would I weigh on the equator?
- 3 Where does a body have more weight at the pole or at the equator of the Earth?
- 4 Does a person weigh more at the equator or the North Pole?
- 5 Does a man weigh more at the North Pole or at the equator?
- 6 Does gravity make you weigh more?
- 7 Why is the weight of a body at the poles?
- 8 Where is the weight of a body greatest?
How much do I weigh at the equator?
The effective acceleration of gravity at the poles is 980.665 cm/sec/sec while at the equator it is 3.39 cm/sec/sec less due to the centrifugal force. If you weighed 100 pounds at the north pole on a spring scale, at the equator you would weigh 99.65 pounds, or 5.5 ounces less.
How much less would I weigh on the equator?
‘Centrifugal force’ due to the spinning lowers your body weight by about 0.4 per cent at the equator relative to its weight at the poles. The Earth’s spin also causes the planet to bulge, so that at the equator you’re about 21km further from the Earth’s centre of gravity and so weigh around 0.1 per cent less.
How do you calculate weight at the North Pole?
On the North Pole, N=W, where W is the weight. However, on the Equator, there is a centrifugal force. Like on a merry-go-round, one is pull away from the Earth. That means N is “lightened” as such: N=W−C.
Where does a body have more weight at the pole or at the equator of the Earth?
The weight of an object at the Earth’s South Pole is slightly more than its weight at the Equator because the polar radius of the Earth is slightly less than the equatorial radius. Though the mass of an object remains constant, its weight varies according to its location.
Does a person weigh more at the equator or the North Pole?
Yes, you weigh less on the equator than at the North or South Pole, but the difference is small. Note that your body itself does not change. Rather it is the force of gravity and other forces that change as you approach the poles. These forces change right back when you return to your original latitude.
Where on earth would you weigh more at the top of Mount Everest or at the bottom of Death Valley?
As you are nearer to the center of the Earth in death valley r will be smaller thus making the force larger, so you would weigh more in Death Valley than on Mount Everest.
Does a man weigh more at the North Pole or at the equator?
Does gravity make you weigh more?
Remember, even if you weigh less because of a change in gravity’s force on your body, your body’s mass is still the same. As your body grows, you will have more mass, which also means you will weigh more. That’s because when you’re on the earth, the amount of gravity that pulls on you stays the same.
What is relation between mass and weight of body?
The mass of an object is a measure of the object’s inertial property, or the amount of matter it contains. The weight of an object is a measure of the force exerted on the object by gravity, or the force needed to support it. The pull of gravity on the earth gives an object a downward acceleration of about 9.8 m/s2.
Why is the weight of a body at the poles?
Weight of the body is the force with which it is attracted towards the center of the earth. As the distance of the pole is less than the distance of the equator from the center of the earth, the force of attraction is higher on the body at poles than at the equator.
Where is the weight of a body greatest?
poles
Now the weight of the body is directly proportional to the acceleration due to the gravity on the surface of the earth. So the weight of the body is maximum at the poles and minimum at the equator on the surface of the earth.
Why do we weigh more at poles and less at equator?
The body experiences a centrifugal force away from the earth due to rotation of the Earth because of which the weight of the body decreases. The centrifugal force is maximum at the equator and minimum at the poles. Therefore, the body weighs maximum at poles and minimum at the equator.