Why do bodies thrown horizontally fall to the ground? What force is called gravity?

1. Why do bodies thrown horizontally fall to the ground? 2. What force is called gravity? How is it designated? 3. Why is the force of gravity somewhat greater at the poles of the Earth than at the equator and other latitudes? 4. How does gravity depend on mass? 5.How is gravity directed?

1. Because the force of gravity acts on them, which bends the trajectory of the body.

2. Gravity possessed by a body of any mass – from the Earth to a stone, an asteroid and a black hole. Indicated as g in units of acceleration or in newtons per kilogram of mass.

3. Because the shape of the Earth is not an exact ball, and the distance at the poles is closer to the center of mass, therefore, the force of gravity is slightly greater.

4. Depends in direct proportion – the greater the mass, the greater the force acting on it.

5. Directed to the center of mass of the gravitating body.