is the force of gravity more on a piece of iron or on a piece of wood if they both have the same mass ?

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$F o r c e o f g r a v i t y i s d e f i n e d a s t h e = F = m g = m a s s \times a c c e l e r a t i o n d u e t o g r a v i t y \sin c e m a s s o f t h e t h e o b j e c t i s s a m e h e n c e f o r c e g r a v i t y a c t i n g o n t h e m w i l l b e s a m e b e c a u s e g r a v i t y a c t i n g o n t h e m i s s a m e .$

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is the force of gravity more on a piece of iron or on a piece of wood if they both have the same mass ?

Force of gravity is defined as the = F = mg = mass×acceleration due to gravitysince mass of the the object is same hence force gravity acting on them will be same because gravity acting on them is same.