What Is Gravity?

What Is Gravity? — page 1 — UNIVERSAL N A FORCE Gravity is a pulling force that works across space Because of gravity all objects in the universe attract all other objects This force is what keeps everything there is from flying apart You see gravity work every day Animals plants buildings X and even air are all affected 7 by gravity If you drop a book gravity is what pulls it to the A ground Even your body has gravity That s because you Watch out Gravity makes these falling books drop to the

What Is Gravity? — page 2 — orbit of the Moon around Earth Gravity keeps the Moon moving in an orbit around Earth Moon pull of the Moon and Earth on each other Earth pull of gravity that changes the path of the Moon path the Moon would naturally take have mass COMPARE AND CONTRAST Gravity is also very important in outer space Gravity keeps the Moon in orbit around Earth and it keeps all the planets in orbit around the Sun Think of gravity like a magnet pulling objects together Mass is the amount of matter or stuff in an object Which has more mass a beach ball or a bowling

What Is Gravity? — page 3 — GRAVITY KEEPS PULLING The best way to understand how gravity works is to jump up in the air Did you come back down Then you understand gravity Earth s gravity keeps you and everything else from flying off into space Gravity causes any two objects in the A universe to be attracted to each other This attraction Gravity pulls you back down to the ground after you jump up in the air is called a gravitational

What Is Gravity? — page 4 — COMPARE AND CONTRAST Earth has more mass than Mars If you stepped on a scale on Mars would you weigh more or less than you do on Earth Why Ot 087 09 097 pull The more mass an object has the greater its gravitational pull Gravity is what gives an object weight When 08 I you step on a scale gravity 077 07 pulls you against the scale The o81 09 Ot numbers on the scale show the strength of this force which is how much you weigh OP Gravity gives weight to this beagle Scales measure the pull of gravity as

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