How does gravity affect pushing and pulling?

Answer 1

Gravity is the attraction of mass to other mass. It is a "pull" rather than a "push" in that light.

Not really. This is a 17th century Newtonian way of looking at Gravity. A

According to Einstein's theory of General Relativity, gravity is a push. The space around an object is malleable and is warped by that object. So in Earth's case the Space is pushing us back down to earth.

There are many arguments for both pull and push when it comes to gravity, a search of the internet will lead you to many arguments for both push and pull

I disagree with the above Gravity is still a PULL rather than a PUSH Anyone else care to add ?

No it is a pushing effect. Think of earth as being immersed in pool of dark matter, which could also be described as Einstein's Space-time stuff, it is pressure of that displacement on neutral particles in your body and other everyday stuff that results in the downward force. An interesting fact that proves this is that as soon as you go underground you become slightly lighter. Another fact is that when you go into space just outside of the atmosphere you become weightless within a relatively short distance (Note from J. Craig: This is not true. You feel weightless if you are falling around the Earth, which is called orbit.). If it were a pulling force you would lose weight at the inverse square law and it does not happen that way. Also if you consider the Moon as shielding us from gravity rather than pulling us, it would create the same effect.

Now, while the above is a very good example of the theoretical background of the advancement of gravity discussions, it's mostly useless to someone wanting applicable knowledge about gravity.

With this said, gravity is BOTH a push and a pull. Think about a horse and carriage. To the observer, the horse is pulling the carriage. To the horse, however, it feels as though it's pushing on the chest brace to move the carriage. Even in engineering calculations using vector forces, the difference between push and pulldoesn't matter much when doing calculations with particle physics.

It should be of course both. There's no need to scientific detail. You just have to understand the definition of the words push and pull. Pushing simply means that the mass of the motivating force is coming from behind. Pulling means the mass of the motivation force is in front. The effects of gravity is seemingly tethered to all parts of our body, as if we were submerged in it, so it could be seen as doing both.

The difference between push and pull is merely a semantic argument.

Answer 2

Hi if you or any body has confusion in that what the force of gravity does so its quite simple gravity is a force that pulls everything to its self as a example is that when object falls it always comes down this is because of the pulling force called gravity this is proved by newton...

Answer 3

Think of this very common example :-

You are pulling a weight on top of an inclined plane(a slope). You are pulling it uphill i.e. in the upward direction. It is hard to do so because gravity is also pulling it down(By Newton's third law). This is to counterbalance your applied force.

Now you let a ball slide down a slope. The balls rolls down(if it is a rough slope) because of gravity and it rolls because of friction it rolls and does not slip.

Answer 4

Gravitational forces are always attractive, acting

in the direction to bring two masses together.

Answer 5

Ok great but what is the ACTUAL answer?

Answer 6

Pull