What will happen to your weight when you move from equator to poles?
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.
How does your weight vary on the poles?
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.
Why does the weight of a body is more at the poles?
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. Hence the weight of a body is greater at pole than at the equator.
What will happen to the weight of the body at South Pole?
As weight of body on pole = mg and g does not change at the pole due to rotation of earth, so there is no change in the weight of body.
Why is the weight of an object at the equator?
It is because the earth is not perfectly spherical. The radius of the equator is slightly greater than the radius of the poles. Since, weight of the object, w = mg, so weight of an object at the equator is slightly less than at the poles. (keeping the mass, ‘m’ as constant)
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.
Why would the weight of an object be maximum at the pole and minimum at the equator?
Since, the equator is more far from centre of earth as compared to that of distance of poles from center of earth. Hence, the more the distance will be the less will be the weight measured. This is the main reason reason why the weight of an object is maximum at poles as compared to that on equator.
What will happen to the weight of the body at the North Pole if the earth stops rotating about its axis?
If the earth stops rotating, then the weight of an object at the north pole will. Thus there is no change in the weight of the body at the poles. It is immaterial, whether the earth is rotating or stops rotating.
What will happen to the weight of body at Equator If earth stop rotating?
Notes: If the earth stops rotating, then the impact of weight of a body will be minimum on the Poles. The maximum weight will be a t equator. Thus the force due to gravity is not minimised at all and this in turn increases an object’s weight at the equator.
Why weight at Pole is more than 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.
Why does the weight of an object vary from poles to equator?
It is flattened at the poles and bulges at the equator. Equitorial radius Re of the earth is about 21 km greater than the polar radius Rp. That’s why, at poles, the value of g is greater as compared to the value of g at equator.
Will a man’s weight remain the same when taken at the Poles?
A man’s weight when taken at the poles is 600 N. Will his weight remain the same when measured at the equator? Will there be an increase or decrease is his weight? Explain . No, his weight will not remain same as that at the poles. There will be a decrease in his weight at the equator.
Will the weight remain the same at the equator?
Explain . No, his weight will not remain same as that at the poles. There will be a decrease in his weight at the equator. As the radius of the earth increases from the poles to the equator, the value of ‘g’ becomes greater at poles decreasing towards equator.
Why is the Earth’s weight different at the Poles?
The Earth is like a slightly (ever so slightly) squished ball. This non-spherical nature of the Earth means that the gravitational field (and thus the real weight) would be different at the pole vs. the equator. The second problem is that the Earth does not have a uniform density.
Do you weigh more at the north or South Pole?
So, here is your answer (probably). The gravitational force on the two humans (assuming equal mass) would be identical at both locations but the force from the scale would be greater at the North Pole. I suspect the “correct” answer to the question is that you “weigh” more at the North Pole.