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• A FORCE is a push or a pull.

• GRAVITY is a force that pulls objects


toward one another. It pulls objects
towards Earth.

• Try jumping in the air. What happens?


Gravity pulls you back to Earth.
This boy is going down a
slide.

GRAVITY is pulling him


towards Earth.

The slide keeps him


from falling straight
down.
This penguin is jumping
off of a cliff.

It doesn’t float up, and it


does not stay in the air.

GRAVITY is pulling the


penguin down into the
water.
What are some other real-world
examples of gravity in action?
What have you experienced?
Weight

Weight is the measure of the gravitational force on


an object.
• weight is a force measured in newtons (N)

Changes depending on
the acceleration due to
gravity acting on the
object.

You weigh less on the


Moon because there is
less gravity.
Weight Formula

weight (w) = mass (m) X gravity (g)

Units: W = weight in newtons (N)


m = mass in kilograms (kg)
g = acceleration due to gravity (m/s2)
Acceleration Due to Gravity (g)
An object falling (on Earth) has an acceleration due to
gravity (g) of 9.8 m/s2.
All objects near the surface of the Earth fall with the
same rate of acceleration

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Air Resistance
• Type of fluid friction (doesn’t have to be
liquid, can be air)
• Causes things to reach a terminal velocity –
when the force of the air resistance and the
weight of an object are equal and balanced
forces, so things are not accelerating, but
moving at a constant velocity toward the
ground.
Air Resistance (cont.)

•heavy objects have a higher


terminal velocity than lighter
objects
•Things that have a bigger surface
area will have a lower terminal
velocity that things with a smaller
surface area.
You know that gravity is a force.
Other forces can oppose, or act
against, gravity.

Think of catching a ball. Your hand


stops the ball from falling to the
ground. This means gravity has been
opposed.
Think of a rocket as it launches
into the sky. The rocket is
working against Earth’s
gravity. It is going upwards
instead of falling to the
ground.
What are some other real-world
examples of gravity being
opposed? What have you
experienced?
 An object must travel 7 miles a second to
escape Earth’s gravitational pull.

 Although gravity is a force, it always pulls;


gravity will never push.

 Gravity keeps the Moon around the Earth, and


the Earth around the Sun. This is because each
has its own gravitational force pulling one
another.

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