Ever wondered why apples fall straight down instead of flying off sideways?
Gravitational constant
Ever wondered why apples fall straight down instead of flying off sideways?
Imagine you're picking apples from a tree on a windy day. The wind tries to blow them off to the side, but they still fall straight down.
It's because of gravity pulling everything straight towards the Earth, not sideways. This invisible force is what keeps us grounded and makes apples fall straight down.
Example
Even if the wind blows at 10 mph, the apple falls straight down because gravity's pull (6.674 × 10⁻¹1 N(m/kg)²) is much stronger than the wind's force.
Remember this
Gravity is the reason why things fall straight down, not sideways, no matter how strong the wind is.
Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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