Gravity is a force that pulls any two objects with mass toward each other, with a stronger pull exerted by more massive objects and those closer together. It is responsible for keeping planets in orbit around the sun and moons around planets, as well as giving weight to objects and holding people on the ground due to Earth's gravitational pull.

1. What is Gravity?
Gravity is a force which tries to pull two objects toward each other.
Anything which has mass also has a gravitational pull.
The more massive an object is, the stronger its gravitational pull is.
Earth's gravity is what keeps you on the ground and what causes objects to fall.
Gravity is what holds the planets in orbit around the sun and what keeps the moon in orbit around
Earth.
The closer you are to an object, the stronger its gravitational pull is.
Gravity is what gives you weight. It is the force that pulls on all of the mass in your body.
(From Ask an Astronomer for KIDS found at: http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_kids/AskKids/def_gravity.shtml)