Question

An orange falls off of a tree. Gravity is pulling the orange in which direction?
A. toward the center of Earth
B. toward the atmosphere of Earth
C. toward the nearest branch
D. toward the middle of the tree

Answer 1

A. toward the center of Earth.

Gravity from the Earth pulls objects radially inward toward the planet's center of mass, so "down" at the orange's location points toward Earth's center (to a very good approximation).