BRAINCAKEFree fall in a gravitational field.
An object with mass m in a gravitational field will experience a gravitational force F = mg which is equal to its weight
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Key terms in this lesson
- gravitational field
- A region of space in which a mass experiences a force due to the presence of another mass.
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