Gravity & Motion

A (a)   is a push or pull.

What did Newton realize about forces?

The force of (a)   attracts all objects toward each other.

Although Newton did not discover gravity, he was the first person to realize that gravity occurs everywhere.

Newton's law of _________ ___________ states that every object in the universe attracts every other object.

(a)  

What does the strength of the force of gravity between two objects depend on? (two factors)

According to the law of universal gravitation, all of the objects around you, are pulling on you just as you are pulling on them.

(a)   is the amount of matter in an object.

The Earth and moon exert a gravitational force on each other to keep them in orbit

The force of gravity on an object is known as its (a)   .