Newtons law of gravitation
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Air offers _________ to the motion of objects through it | resistance |
| An object is pulled to Earth by ________, an attraction between the mass of Earth and the mass of an object. | gravity |
| Objects with a large mass are pulled on by gravity with more force, but they also have more ________. | inertia |
| The force of hravity on any object is called it's ________ | weight |
| An object's weight in newtons canbe found by multiplying its mass in kg by ___. | 9.8 |
| The _______ of any object falling to the ground increases by 9.8 meters per second per second each second. | speed |
| Newton decided that as mass ________, the force of gravity also increases. | increases |
| Newton's law of univeral __________ states that the force of gravity between two objects increases with the mass os the objects and decreases with the distance between them squared. | gravitation |
| In cycling, the weight of the rider and bicycle presses the tires against the ground causing friction, which gives the tires ________ and drives the rider forwad. | friction |
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