gravity Flashcards

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What is gravity?

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Gravity is the tendency of all objects or physical body to attract or pull any other object

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What would happen if there was no gravity?

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Everything on earth would fly into space

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What does the pull of gravity depend on?

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The mass of the objects and how far apart the center of each object is from eachother

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What is mass?

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Mass is the amount of matter making up an object

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What is mass measured in?

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Kilograms (kg) and grams (g)

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If one object is more massive than another will there be an equal pull and why?

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No because if one object is more massive than another the larger object will exert a stronger pull on the smaller object

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