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Gravity
All About Gravity
Question | Answer |
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Gravity | The force that pulls objects toward each other. |
Force | A push or pull on an object. |
Weight | A measure of the gravitational force exerted on an object. |
Gravitational Force | An attractive force between any two objects that depends on the masses of the objects and the distance between them. |
Mass | A measure of the amount of matter in an object |
Sun | Strongest gravitational pull in the solar system |
Gravitational Resistance | The force acts in the opposite direction to an object moving through the air. |
Acceleration | The measurement of change in an object's velocity. |
Orbit | The path of an object around a particular point in space. |
High Tide | The point in the tidal cycle where the sea level is at its highest. |
Low Tide | The point in the tidal cycle where the sea level is at its lowest. |
meteor | A meteor is a space rock that hits the atmosphere of the Earth. |
meteorite | Small chunks of rock that travel through space. |