Across
- 5. Force: The force of attraction between two objects due to their mass; the strength varies with distance and mass.
- 6. Measure of the amount of matter in an object; remains constant regardless of location.
- 9. The rate of change of velocity; in gravitational context, it describes how quickly an object speeds up due to gravity.
Down
- 1. A condition in which an object experiences no net force acting upon it due to free fall, creating the sensation of zero weight.
- 2. A fundamental force of attraction between masses; causes objects to fall toward Earth.
- 3. Newton: Influential physicist and mathematician; formulated laws of motion and universal gravitation.
- 4. of Universal Gravitation: Newton's principle stating that every mass attracts every other mass with a force proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
- 7. Force exerted on an object due to gravity; depends on both mass and gravitational acceleration.
- 8. Fall: The motion of an object falling solely under the influence of gravity, with no other forces acting on it.
- 10. The path an object follows around another due to gravitational forces; can be elliptical or circular, depending on the velocity and distance.