Question 3 (10 points) The force of gravity depends on what two factors?

Question 3 options:

mass and distance

mass and acceleration

distance and time

velocity and displacement

mass and distance

Explanation:

The force of gravity acting on a body depends on the mass of the body and the distance between the bodies.

This is based on Newton's law of Universal gravitation which states that "the force of gravity between two bodies is directly proportional to the  product of their masses and inversely proportional to the distance between them".

We see that the more the masses between two bodies, and the lower their separation the more the gravitational force between them.

at positions a, g kinetic energy is maximum.

at position d, potential energy is maximum.

air exerts forces on falling objects near earth’s surface.

explanation:

the term 'free falls' refer to object that are falling towards the earth, in a situation in which gravity is the only force acting on the object.

for an object in free fall, the acceleration is constant (g, the gravitational acceleration), and so the velocity of the object constantly increases.

for objects near earth's surface, there is always another force acting on the object: the resistance due to the air. this force is opposed to the direction of fall of the object, and it is proportional to the velocity of the object, so as the object falls down, this force increases up to a point when it balances the force of gravity, and the object continues its motion at constant velocity (called terminal velocity). since in this case gravity is not the only force acting on the object, we are not in a situation of free fall.