• Question: Why/How does gravity affect mass?

    Asked by 232grak26 to Daniel, Hannah, Maggie, Ry, Scott on 14 Nov 2017.
    • Photo: Ry Cutter

      Ry Cutter answered on 14 Nov 2017:

      There’s a really good quote by a man named John Wheeler:
      “Matter tells spacetime how to bend and spacetime tells matter how to move”.
      Gravity and matter have a symbiotic relationship. Mass bends spacetime (we call these bends gravity)and space time tells that mass where to move (gravitational pull!).
      So mass determines gravity which determines where the mass moves!
      Great question,
      Ryan

    • Photo: Maggie Lieu

      Maggie Lieu answered on 14 Nov 2017:

      Gravity doesnt affect mass. It’s the opposite way round. Mass causes a gravitational force. But weight is mass times gravity so the less gravity there is the less you weigh

    • Photo: Hannah Middleton

      Hannah Middleton answered on 15 Nov 2017:

      Gravity is caused by mass – the more massive an object the stronger it’s gravitational pull. But gravity does have an effect on the movement of masses – the Earth travels around the Sun because of the Sun’s gravity.

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