7 Fields and their consequences

Question 1

Force Field

Answer 1

Any region of space where a body will experience a non contact force.

Question 2

Gravitational Field

Answer 2

A region of space where a mass experiences a force due to the gravitational attraction to another mass

Question 3

Newton’s Law of gravitation

Answer 3

The gravitational force between two point masses is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of their separation.

Question 4

Gravitational Potential

Answer 4

The work done per unit mass in bringing a test mass from infinity to a point