When an apple fall near the Earth's surface, we don’t see moving because acceleration is inversely proportiontal to for a given force.

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A mass
C Earth
From Newton’s $2^{n d}$ law, we know that acceleration is inversely proportional to mass.
$F = m a$
$a = \frac{F}{m}$
Force is the same for both the apple and the Earth. However, mass of the Earth is extremely large as compared to the apple. Due to this, the accleeration of the Earth is much smaller than the acceleration of the apple. The acceleration of earth is so small that we are unable to perceive it.

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