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Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation

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Every particle with mass in the universe attracts every other particle with a force which is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centers

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Gravitational Field

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The force acting per unit mass

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Weight

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The gravitational force the earth exerts on any other object on or near its surface

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Mass

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The amount of matter which an object consists of

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Coulomb’s Law

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Two point charges in free space or in air exert force on each other. The force is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the charges

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Electric field

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A region of space in which an electrical charge experiences a force. The direction of the electrical field at a point is the direction on positive test charge would move when placed at a point

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Electric field strength

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The force per unit positive charge

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