Gravitational pull increases when:

Gravitational pull increases when:

• A. Distance Increases
• B. Mass Increases
• C. Distance Decreases
• D. Temperature Rises

Answer: (B)

Gravitational pull follows the idea that force is proportional to the masses involved and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. In simple terms, bigger masses pull harder, and bringing them closer makes them pull even more strongly. Temperature doesn’t affect gravity. Choosing mass as the factor that increases gravity works because increasing one of the masses directly makes the gravitational force stronger, since the force scales with the product of the two masses. For intuition, doubling one mass (distance held constant) doubles the gravitational pull. Distance changing also changes gravity—pull grows stronger as distance shrinks—but the option focusing on increasing mass shows a direct, straightforward way gravity increases.

Gravitational pull follows the idea that force is proportional to the masses involved and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. In simple terms, bigger masses pull harder, and bringing them closer makes them pull even more strongly. Temperature doesn’t affect gravity.

Choosing mass as the factor that increases gravity works because increasing one of the masses directly makes the gravitational force stronger, since the force scales with the product of the two masses. For intuition, doubling one mass (distance held constant) doubles the gravitational pull. Distance changing also changes gravity—pull grows stronger as distance shrinks—but the option focusing on increasing mass shows a direct, straightforward way gravity increases.