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What would happen if there was no gravitational force between the Earth and the Moon?
The Moon would move away from the Earth
What force is responsible for keeping the planets in orbit around the sun?
Gravitational force
Why do objects fall towards the Earth when they are dropped?
Gravitational force from the Earth
Which factor determines the magnitude of gravitational force between two objects?
Distance between the objects and their masses
Which concept explains why an object in orbit around the Earth experiences apparent weightlessness?
Centripetal force balances gravitational force
What happens to the gravitational force between two objects if the distance between them is doubled?
It becomes one-fourth of the original force
Objects with more ______ have a greater gravitational force
mass
Gravitational force is stronger when objects are closer together due to the inverse square law of ______
distance
The acceleration due to gravity on Earth's surface is approximately 9.8 meters per second squared, denoted by the symbol ______
g
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