What If We Lost Gravity for a Day?

Gravity is like a invisible string that holds things together. If it suddenly vanished, everything not fixed would float away, like when you’re on a roller coaster and feel weightless for a second. Your toys might go flying into space, and even Earth could spin out of control! It’d be like living in the middle of the ocean with no water holding you down.

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  1. A ball floats off a table and drifts into space
  2. A person jumps and stays floating mid-air
  3. Water spills from a glass and goes up toward the ceiling

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