Acceleration due to Gravity

Acceleration due to gravity is the rate at which an object speeds up as it falls toward Earth, caused by the planet's gravitational pull. On Earth, this acceleration is approximately 9.8 meters per second squared (m/s²), meaning that each second, a falling object’s velocity increases by 9.8 meters per second if air resistance is negligible. This constant acceleration results in objects accelerating uniformly when they are in free fall, regardless of their mass. It explains why objects fall downward with increasing speed and is a fundamental concept in physics that governs the motion of falling objects on Earth and other planets.