{"id":8400,"date":"2021-02-23T01:40:40","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T01:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=8400"},"modified":"2021-02-23T02:46:45","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T02:46:45","slug":"gravity-as-a-force","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/gravity-as-a-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Gravity as a force"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8400\" class=\"elementor elementor-8400\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8a6f1d7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8a6f1d7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-80d72f6\" 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data-id=\"1471372\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Forces<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1c00b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"b1c00b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"jet-nav-wrap m-layout-mobile\"><div class=\"menu-forces-container\"><div class=\"jet-nav m-layout-mobile jet-nav--vertical jet-nav--vertical-sub-left-side\"><div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-8382 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/introduction-to-forces\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Introduction to Forces<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-8396 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-a-force\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is a Force?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-8397 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-mass\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is Mass?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-8416 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-weight\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is Weight?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-8417 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/gravity-as-a-force\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Gravity as a force<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-8418 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/pressure-as-a-force\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Pressure as a force<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-8419 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/balanced-forces\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Balanced forces<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-8420 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/unbalanced-forces\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Unbalanced forces<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-8421 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/resultant-forces\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Resultant forces<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-8422 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/frictional-forces\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Frictional forces<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-8423 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/air-resistance\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is Air Resistance?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-8424 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/moments\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Moments<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-79e8af0\" data-id=\"79e8af0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d6d30a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3d6d30a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is Gravity?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-380414f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"380414f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">All objects have a force that attracts them towards each other. This force is called <b>gravity<\/b>. Even you, attract other objects to you because of gravity, but you have too little mass for the force to be very strong.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The gravitational force increases when the masses are bigger and closer. This means that the gravitational force on Moon is less than on earth because Moon has less mass than Earth.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Did you know? <br>Gravity also holds the planet earth and other planets in their orbits around the sun?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Good examples of very massive objects that possess gravitational force include the moon and other planets. Consider the earth on which humans live. Everything tends to fall on the ground and stays there. If you jump, you came down again. Throw a ball upwards, and it will surely come down.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8580\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/What-is-gravity.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/What-is-gravity.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/What-is-gravity-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;Down&#8221; is towards the center of the earth, wherever you are on the planet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This is a result of gravitational force, which pulls objects towards the center of the earth.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0be0c41\" data-id=\"0be0c41\" data-element_type=\"column\" 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What is Mass? What is Weight? Gravity as a force Pressure as a force Balanced forces Unbalanced forces Resultant forces Frictional forces Air resistance Moments What is Gravity? All objects have a force that attracts them towards each other. This force is called gravity. 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