Are we enveloped by gravity or are we pulled by gravity?

Answer 1

This is really strange. We are enveloped by gravity - another way to say that the space around a mass is curved. Or warped.

Pulled by gravity, as Mass is attractive. Pushed down? It's Attractive and Repulsive? Possibly not. HOW would it be both attractive and repulsive? If it were both, then it would be a neutral force. Else if the pull is greater then it's attractive or repulsive if the push is greater. Strange, pushed down by gravity, I am pushed down, isn't pushed down just another way of saying pulled? Or pushed from above? Not pulled from below.

So if I were to go deeper into the Earth, I would still be pushed down from above and not pulled. This would mostly be due to the envelope. If it was so, else, what could be possibly pushing?

If the mass warps space, the pushing would be due to the space warp which pushes down on us. And the warp is due to the pull of gravity. So which is it, the envelope of the letter?

Answer 2

Yes...we are enveloped and pulled by gravity.

Gravity is not well understood; so there are several models for gravity and not one of them is universally accepted...but it is one of our universe's four fundamental forces; strong and weak atomic forces, and electro-magnetic forces are the other three. Of that, most physicists will agree.

As a force, gravity can be modeled as a force field and fields can indeed envelope something. For example, gravity surrounds our Earth; we know this because no matter where we are around the Earth, there is a force of gravity.

And how do we know Earth is surrounded, because that surrounding force field pulls us toward the center of the Earth. So gravity also pulls no matter where we go around our planet. So, as asserted, gravity both surrounds and pulls us.

As said earlier, there is no universal consensus on what gravity is. One model depicts gravity as little particles called gravitons that more or less grab mass to pull it in to another mass. Another model claims space is warped by gravity, like a rubber sheet bends under a bowling ball, and it is that warp that pulls us in.

Answer 3

We are, essentially, pulled by gravity. From Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation, which states F = (GMm)/r^2, gravity is a force which acts upon two bodies of mass. The two bodies we are often familar with is a human body and Earth. It is this force that essentially pulls us.

To go more in depth, gravity is thought be to a force carried out by small particles called gravitions. This is just a theory by Einstein that has not been proved true or false. These gravition particles are essentially massless and are the force that pulls bodies of mass together. However, they simply convey a force; the force of gravity.

In conclusion, gravity is a force that pulls.

Answer 4

I don't know about enveloped, but I do know that gravity pulls. A black hole is so powerful that once it pulls you beyond its event horizon, escape is no longer possible. Not even light can go fast enough to escape once it is past the event horizon. Everything that enters the black hole gets compressed down to its singularity. However, you cannot see a black hole because there is no light there. You can assume the black hole by observing the whirlpool of stars and bodies behaving as if there is a black hole. All the theories of gravity need gravity rays and particles, but none have been observed. Despite all the science, we only really know the effect of gravity and not much else.

Answer 5

Einstein showed that what we call "gravity" is really a distortion of space caused by the presence of any mass. Earth's mass is the source of the spatial curvature down which we all try to fall. With all that in mind, it can be said that we are both enveloped by the gravitational field of Earth and pulled by it.

Answer 6

You are pulled by gravity. Everything has a gravitational pull, even you! (although because the mass of the earth is much greater, so you do not have much of a pull on it) The two factors that determine your gravitational force are distance and mass. Mass is proportional to the gravitational pull, while the relationship of distance and force of gravity can be described as exponetially inverese.

FYI: The formula for this is...
di ^2 xGo= Fg
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df

Answer 7

Gravity is not a particle or a wave so it cannot envelope anyone. Gravity comes from the warp of spacetime by matter. The more matter, the greater the warp. That is why during an eclips we are able to look at stars behind the sun. The suns matter is so great its gravity warps spacetime enough to bend light. So the easy way to say it, is gravity is warped spacetime

Answer 8

People aren't pulled down by gravity. People are pushed down by gravity.
Here's an article by a guy who thinks things are pushed down as well.
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Answer 9

Pulled by it. Gravity is a one directional force. You never saw anything fall in a direction other than down, did you?

Answer 10

we, as a body of mass, are attracted to other bodies of mass, in direct proportion to the mass of each.
this is a mutual attraction.( both pull on each other)