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Gravity pulls a dropped ball toward the ground.
What does Gravity mean?
the force that pulls objects with mass toward one another.
Dictionary definition
The attraction between objects that have mass; near Earth, it pulls objects toward Earth's center.
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Gravity in a sentence
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The Moon's gravity helps produce tides on Earth.
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Gravity keeps planets in orbit around the Sun and moons in orbit around planets.
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Practice 1
What is gravity?
Gravity attracts objects with mass to one another.
Practice 2
Which sentence describes gravity correctly?
The Sun's gravity continually bends Earth's motion into an orbit.
Practice 3
Choose the best word: Weight measures how strongly _____ pulls on an object.
Weight depends on the gravitational force acting on an object.
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WordGravity.
Partnoun.
MeaningGravity means the force that pulls objects with mass toward one another.
ExampleExample: Gravity pulls a dropped ball toward the ground.
Word breakdown
3 syllables. Say each part, then blend the word.
- Syllables
- grav · ih · tee
- Strongest beat
- grav
- Ending
- tee
- Tip
- Put a little extra energy on grav.
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Synonyms
Words like Gravity
gravitational forceThe precise science term for the attractive force called gravity.
gravitationA formal science synonym for gravitational attraction.
Antonym review
Does Gravity have an opposite?
Gravity has no direct antonym. Weightlessness is an experience of apparent weight, not an absence or opposite of gravity, and repulsion is a different kind of force.
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Word family
Gravity word family
Base word
gravity
noun
gravitation
The force of attraction between objects with mass.
adjective
gravitational
Related to gravity.
adverb
gravitationally
In a way caused or controlled by gravity.
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Hint for students
Gravity is an attraction between masses, not simply a force that points down everywhere.
Common mix-up
Astronauts in orbit are not beyond gravity. They appear weightless because they and their spacecraft are falling around Earth together.
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Drop two safe objects, then compare falling straight toward Earth with an orbit diagram. Students draw attraction arrows and explain how gravity acts in both cases.
Teacher prompt
How can gravity both make an apple fall and keep the Moon in orbit? Explain what is attracting what.
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