All heavenly bodies exert a force of attraction called the force of _____.

gravity

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repulsion

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magnetic

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electricity

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Solution

The correct option is A gravity
$∙$ Gravity is a force of attraction. It is a force that each body exerts on the other to pull or attract it towards itself.
$∙$ The Earth exerts a force of gravitation on all objects that attracts everything towards the center of the Earth.
$∙$ If we throw something in the air, it falls back to the ground because of the Earth's gravity.
$∙$ It is because of this force that everything on Earth is so stable.

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