Question 2
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State that the acceleration of free fall g for an object near to the surface of the Earth is approximately constant and is approximately 9.8 m/s²

Define gravitational field strength as force per unit mass; recall and use the equation g = W/m and know that this is equivalent to the acceleration of free fall

Know that it takes approximately one month for the Moon to orbit the Earth and use this to explain the periodic nature of the Moon’s cycle of phases