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gravity

[noun]

The natural force that attracts a body toward the center of the Earth, or toward another physical body having mass.


Appears in modules:

  • Blood Biology I Components of blood
  • Cecilia Payne Figuring out what stars are made of
  • Defining Energy Forms of energy, conversions, and measuring
  • Experimentation in Scientific Research Variables and controls in practice
  • Gravity The law of universal gravitation
  • History of Earth's Atmosphere I The origin of the modern atmosphere
  • Plate Boundaries Tectonic activity where plates interact
  • Properties of Liquids Intermolecular forces, cohesion, adhesion, and viscosity
  • Properties of Solids The influence of crystal structure on behavior
  • Theories, Hypotheses, and Laws Definitions, examples, and their roles in science
  • Water Properties and behavior
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