Question
All objects on Earth are pulled toward the ground by gravity. If everything is being pulled by gravity, why don't we notice smaller things, like people or chairs, pulling on each other?
• Small objects don't have gravity.
• Gravy only works on objects touching the ground.
• the pull of gravity between small objects is too weak to feel
• Small objects don't have gravity.
• Gravy only works on objects touching the ground.
• the pull of gravity between small objects is too weak to feel
Answers
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The correct explanation for why we don't notice smaller objects, like people or chairs, pulling on each other due to gravity is that **the pull of gravity between small objects is too weak to feel**. While all objects with mass do exert a gravitational force on one another, the strength of that force is proportional to their masses and the distance between them.
Since the masses of smaller objects are relatively tiny compared to larger objects (like planets), the gravitational pull they exert on each other is extremely weak and not perceptible in everyday life. In contrast, the Earth's massive size creates a strong gravitational pull that we easily notice as it pulls everything towards the ground.
Since the masses of smaller objects are relatively tiny compared to larger objects (like planets), the gravitational pull they exert on each other is extremely weak and not perceptible in everyday life. In contrast, the Earth's massive size creates a strong gravitational pull that we easily notice as it pulls everything towards the ground.