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You're probably thinking of the term 'free-fall' or 'freely falling', or in relativity you might say it follows a 'geodesic'.

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What is the motion of body when only the force of gravity is acting on it?

Free falling.


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The motion of a body when only force of gravity is acting on the body?

When only the force of gravity is acting on a body, the body will experience a downwards acceleration towards the center of the Earth. This causes the body to fall freely, following a parabolic path known as projectile motion. The body's velocity increases as it falls until an external force, such as air resistance, counteracts gravity.


A force other than gravity that causes a body in motion to stop is called?

Gravity does not cause a body in motion to stop.This can be accomplished either by friction or by a brick wall.


What is the force called that gravity is acting on you?

The force exerted by the earth towards itself,known as the gravitational force is called that gravity is acting on you.


In which condition a body with fixed mass can have zero weight?

A body with fixed mass can have zero weight when it is in freefall or orbiting in space due to the absence of a gravitational force acting on it. This is because weight is the force of gravity acting on an object, and when the force of gravity is balanced by the centripetal force of the body's motion, the body experiences weightlessness.


Which type of motion is exhibited by a freely falling body?

A freely falling body exhibits uniform acceleration motion due to the force of gravity acting on it. This means that the body's speed increases by the same amount every second as it falls towards the Earth.


What measures the force of gravity of your body?

Your body's weight is a measure of the force of gravity acting on it. Weight is determined by your mass and the acceleration due to gravity at your location. The force of gravity is what causes objects to have weight and fall to the ground.


What is force acting on a body with uniform motion?

A body in uniform motion has no net force acting on it. That means that either there are no forces at all, or else that all the forces acting on it add up to zero.


Whenever a body is in motion what always opposes the motion?

Friction always opposes the motion of a body by acting in the opposite direction to its motion.


What motion of a falling object when only gravity is acting?

The only way to describe an object where it is only affected by gravity is the say it is in Free Fall. This is really not possible but is often misinterpreted when skydiving but the wind is pushing up on your body. The only way this happens is if there is no friction. The ISS (International Space Station) is said to be in free fall but its motion is a combination of inertia and gravity.


When a body is thrown up the force of gravity goes in which direction?

The force of gravity is always in the same direction ... toward the center of mass of the other mass that's involved ... whether or not the body is in motion, regardless of what direction it may be moving, and regardless of whether or not you throw up.