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Gravity
All About Gravity
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |