Gravity
One of the four fundamental interactions, gravity is responsible for the fact that any objects with mass attract one another. According to general relativity, it is a space time curvature, but according to quantum mechanics it is the result of exchanges of virtual gravitons.
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Alcohen2006Gravity does not assist in venous blood flow. If you really wanted gravity to help with venous blood flow you would have to hang...
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Causes all the blood to pool in the lower body, starving the brain, heart and lungs.
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Interesting! Horizontal distance covered by arrow=20m=Vx(t),put Time=t=0.5s, so Vx=20/.5=40m/s.Now let us consider vertical...
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The hemispheres don't matter really. A compass's needle always points north because the Earth, like a magnet, has an...
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Parachutist weight. Gravity. Wind flow. Landing speed. Jump height. Weather.
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a = v2 / racceleration (m/s/s) = orbital velocity (m/s)2 / radius (metres)
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The acceleration of gravity on or near the surface of Venus is 8.87 m/s2 . . .about 91% of its value on or near the surface of...
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Defying the Laws of GravitySome Things Are Best To Not Ask, This Is One Of Them. YOU DON`T Answeryou can by making...
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AnswerForce (F)= Acceleration (A) X Mass (M)
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Escape velocity from earthA rocket needs to travel at 25km\s to reach low-earth orbit.
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plutos gravity is about 1/15th that of Earth. If you weighed 100 pounds on Earth, you would weigh about 6 1/2 pounds on Pluto.
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The gravity of the Earth and Moon are shown below. Earth: 9.780327 m/s2 or 0.99732 g Moon: 1.622 m/s2 or 0.1654 g So the Moon...
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Well, actually no. Take two metal balls, each with one kilogram of mass, set them down 1 meter apart, and measure the...
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It pulls you to its center or core. Ex. If digging a hole to China (actually impossible) you would first start by digging...
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It decreases according to the inverse square law. If the distance doubles then the force falls to one quarter of the original...
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One is that the centripetal force (f) created by the rotating mass (m) at a radius (r) can be calculated if the velocity (v) is...
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1/6 of the earth
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Sound waves produced on the Earth cannot reach an orbiting satellite. Sound needs a material substance to travel through. But in...
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Actually it doesn't affect the sun because the Earths gravitational pull is less than the Earth's because it is more smaller.
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levers work by having a effort that lifts a load, and a fulcrum balances the two
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The specific gravity of propane is 0.495 at 25oC.
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Put simply, it keeps everything in place. Without gravity,water, people, animals, and everything not attracted towards Earth...
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The gravitational force between two bodies is directly proportional to the multiple of their masses (and inversely proportional...
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Gravity depends on the mass of the objects being attracted to each other, and the distance between them. G = m1 x m2 /...
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The force due to gravity is usually measured by a device called the Atwood machine, basically a pulley system with two unequal...
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The pull of Earth's gravity extends into outer space. The further away from Earth, the lower the affect of Earth's gravity, but...
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The mutual force with which every two masses attract each other because of gravity is referred to as the "weight" of the objects.
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LONG STORY SHORT: ITS BIG. ((:Because it has a lot of mass. The more mass, the more gravity. For a more in depth answer the...
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Thrust is the quantity of force acted by a type of engine on an object which results in acceleration.
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Due to gravity, our Earth has an atmosphere in the first place. Otherwise, the gases would quickly diffuse into space. Also,...
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Gravity is dependant on: Mass of object/s and their distance/s.
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The force acting on the woman is equal to 500 N as stated in the question!. Remember: Force (N) = Mass (kg) x Acceleration...
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yes, anything with a lower atomic number would be lighter, for example, helium is lighter than air, which is why balloons float...
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If you only poke ONE hole, the contents will NOT be released as quickly as when poking TWO holes. The second hole allows for air...
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Newton's First Law of Motion An object at rest that has no net force applied to it will stay at rest. An object in motion that...
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If the earth loses gravity only high density elements will remain. The rest, water, atmosphere, organic and unorganic inhabitants...
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They refract light as the light enters through one side of the prism, at a certain angle, the glass that the prism is made of,...
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Uranus has a gravity of 0.886g whereas Earth has a gravity of 0.99732g If you weighed 100lb on Earth you would weigh about...
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The more gravity the shorter it will fly. Gravity has very little to do with aerodynamics. Aerodynamics is the study of the...
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AnswerIf you have a big truck instead of a little car such as my dads Honda crx, the shape of it creates wind resistance so your...
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Yes, they are. But it sure doesn't look like it, does it? They appear to be weightless. The whole answer might come as a...
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The gravity on Saturn is 1.1 times that of earth's. bathroom scale said 100 kg on Earth, it would say 92 kg on "surface" of...
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If you could figure out what makes gravity happen you'd likely win a Nobel Prize. Gravity is the weakest of the four natural...
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7.48-8.0, depending on what grade of steel is in question
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Graviity means several important things to us. First it keeps our planet from zipping off into space away from the sun. Second it...
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Specific Gravity= Density of Liquid (g/mL)/ Density of water (1.00 g/mL) ...
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The gravity on Venus is about 91% of Earth's.The acceleration is 8.867 meters/sec2 or 0.906 G (Earth gravity).
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No, it is the weakest. There are four main forces in the universe and the weakest is gravity. The next strongest is the weak...
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On Earth, 1 kilogram of mass weighs 9.807 newtons (2.205 pounds). By comparison, on the surface of Venus, the same 1 kilogram of...
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Yes. the mutually attracting forces of gravity hold the moon and earth together and cause the earth's tidal forces.
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The force that pulls an object toward earth also pulls the earth toward the object. The two forces are equal. Together, we refer...
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Gravity was discovered in 1650 by Sir Isaac Newton.
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Gravity effects objects in space the same as one Earth; it exerts a force pulling masses together with magnitude Fg= g (m1*m2)...
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The moon is 1/4 the size of Earth, so the moon's gravity is much less than the earth's gravity, 83.3% (or 5/6) less to be...
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mass and gravity affect gravityy. Mass and something else...inertia?... Yah it's inertia! Um thanks this is a comment by THEBOB
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George Westinghouse stopped funding Tesla's research when Tesla showed him that he could offer free electricity to the whole...
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Drop a wright from a height s and measure the time to fall t, s= 1/2 gt2. Gravity is then measured by g= 2s/t2.
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Pluto's gravity is so low, a 150 pound person would only weigh (roughly) 10.35 pounds there.
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Gravity is determined by mass. EVERYTHING has gravity. The more mass, the more gravity. Yes Gravity is a property to be...
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by seeing a difference about the earth and suns movement
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The measure of gravity is metres per second squared (or feet/sec squared) ie if the gravity is 9.78 metres per second squared...
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Within its base outline.
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Specific Gravity is a unitless number (dimensionless quantity.) It is the ratio between the density of the material of interest...
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The density of air changes with change of temperature, therefore changing it's mass. In other words, the molecules that make up...
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no donot affect.
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because they are big basically. In the universe the bigger an item the more gravity it has.Hope this helps :)
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I think it is the force created by the nature or natural forces.Such as the volcanic eruption,running water,wind and erosion.
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They are in orbit around their common center of mass. Gravity and centrifugal force are in balance.
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AnswerAbout 1/6 of Earth's gravity. Which is: 9.81 x (1/6) = 1.635
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Yes. Gas molecules have mass and therefore energy. They are thus subject to the force of gravity along with everything else.
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1/6th of the earths gravity,,, If you have A 60 pound object on earth, It will weigh 10 pounds on the moon.
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because, gravity keeps objects in orbit such as the earth.
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the rocket's thrusters, or "rockets" have more force than the force of gravity allowing them to escape the force of gravity
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9.80665 m/s²
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A spinning object does not create gravity. But it does create centripetal forces (also previously known as centrifugal forces)...
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Venus has a surface gravity of 8.87 m/sec2 or 0.904 g. For comparison the Earth has a gravity of 9.780327 m/s² or 0.99732 g So...
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Matter, all matter.All objects with mass.
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On the poles the gravity will be maximum. on the equatorial region the gravity will be minimum
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If Earth had no gravity, the things that weren't rooted to the ground would be able to float freely. Also, anything that moved...
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so we/objects dont flot and keep us th the ground
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You can not weigh the gravity of sin. Sin is sin. The only way to get rid of it is through Jesus Christ. He will take the gravity...
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The direction of Earth's acceleration due to gravity is towards the center of the sun. The direction of the acceleration due to...
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The Moon has almost no atmosphere, so that is unable to influence lunar gravity - which is about one sixth of Earth's gravity.
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Gravity was discovered by albert einstein.
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They're not. Gravity is a conservative force and friction is a non-conservative force. This means that the amount of energy...
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gravity is definitely a balanced force
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Gravity is a property of matter. Matter has mass (weight) and occupies space. It also has the property of being able to attract...
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The gravity on the surface of Mars is approximately one-third of that on the surface of Earth.
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1. what value is assigned to the acceleration due to gravity on earth? The acceleration of gravity on earth is 9.8 meters per...
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Gravity is the force that holds us on the earth. It pulls us down all the time we're on or above our home planet.
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acceleration at the rate of 32 ft/sec/sec
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God put it there so we wouldn't fly out into space. Very thoughtful wasn't He. response to this Answer The notion of a god...
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The major reason is that the planet Mercury has far less mass than the Earth. All objects in the universe exert gravitational...
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