Question

explain gravitational force by giving a suitable example.

Answer 1

The gravitational force is a force that attracts any two objects with mass. We call the gravitational force attractive because it always tries to pull masses together, it never pushes them apart. In fact, every object, including you, is pulling on every other object in the entire universe! This is called Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation. Admittedly, you don't have a very large mass and so, you're not pulling on those other objects much. And objects that are really far apart from each other don't pull on each other noticeably either. But the force is there and we can calculate it.

F is the force of gravity (measured in Newtons, N)

G is the gravitational constant of the universe and is always the same number

M is the mass of one object (measured in kilograms, kg)

m is the mass of the other object (measured in kilograms, kg)

r is the distance those objects are apart (measured in meters, m)


The Earth, for example, has more gravity than people. This is why an object that falls is drawn to the Earth and returns to the Earth instead of being drawn to a person and flying at that person. Some examples of the force of gravity include: The force that holds the gases in the sun.

Answer 2

the force of the earth which attracts things towards itself for example when we throw a ball upwards it comes back downwards because of gravitational force