Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Acceleration due to gravity is different at different places on the surface of earth.
Statement II: Acceleration due to gravity increases as we go down below the earth's surface.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Question

Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Acceleration due to gravity is different at different places on the surface of earth.

Statement II: Acceleration due to gravity increases as we go down below the earth's surface.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

G1 Physics · Accepted Answer

Statement I is true because effective g varies with latitude and other local factors. Inside Earth, for the standard uniform-density model, g(d) = g(1 - d/R), so g decreases with depth. Hence Statement II is false.