GK
PHYSICS
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Question
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Maximum at the poles
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Maximum at the equator
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More on the hills than in the plains
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The same everywhere on the surface of the earth
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Detailed explanation-1: -We know that weight depends on acceleration due to gravity ‘g’ and ‘g’ is inversely proportional to the radius of Earth. The radius of Earth is minimum at the pole. So ‘g’ is maximum at pole. Hence, the weight of the body is maximum at pole.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Solution. The distance of the pole is less than the distance of the equator from the centre of the earth. The force of attraction is higher on the body at poles than at the equator. Hence the weight of a body is greater at pole than at the equator.
Detailed explanation-4: -of the earth and the poles is less; therefore the force of gravitation is more at the poles than at the equator, and so it weighs more at the poles than equator.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Coriolis Force is maximum at the pole as it is directly proportional to the latitude angle.