Question
Does Earth's gravity pull on a pencil that you hold in your hand?
Select the words from the drop-down menus that correctly complete the explanation.
Earth's gravity pulls on objects
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they are falling. When you hold a pencil, the downward force of gravity is
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by an upward force from your hand. Let go of the pencil, and the force of gravity on the pencil becomes
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. So, the pencil falls.
Select the words from the drop-down menus that correctly complete the explanation.
Earth's gravity pulls on objects
Choose...
they are falling. When you hold a pencil, the downward force of gravity is
Choose...
by an upward force from your hand. Let go of the pencil, and the force of gravity on the pencil becomes
Choose...
. So, the pencil falls.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
Here are the correct completions for the explanation:
Earth's gravity pulls on objects **even when** they are falling. When you hold a pencil, the downward force of gravity is **balanced** by an upward force from your hand. Let go of the pencil, and the force of gravity on the pencil becomes **unbalanced**. So, the pencil falls.
Earth's gravity pulls on objects **even when** they are falling. When you hold a pencil, the downward force of gravity is **balanced** by an upward force from your hand. Let go of the pencil, and the force of gravity on the pencil becomes **unbalanced**. So, the pencil falls.