Gravitational and electric fields

What you'll learn

1. 1

   Imagine you're holding a heavy 🏀 in your hand. When you let go, it falls straight down — that's gravity pulling it. Now imagine rubbing a 🎈 on your jumper and sticking it to the wall — that's an electric field pulling it!

2. 2

   What do both gravitational and electric fields have in common?

3. 3

   Drag the 🪐 planet to see how gravity gets weaker as you move further away.

4. 4

   Let's compare gravitational and electric fields side by side.

5. 5

   Tap the correct description for each field: gravity always ______, electricity can ______ or ______.

6. 6

   What happens to the strength of a gravitational field as you move further from the mass?

7. 7

   Which of these is NOT true about electric fields?