Gravity

Front

Gravity from an object _____

Back

goes on forever

Front

You can think of it as "how much stuff makes up an object"

Back

mass

Front

Term defined as "how much mass is inside a given volume"?

Back

density

Front

When the distance from an object is doubled, the force of gravity drops by a factor of _____ (Options: 2, 4, 10, 16)

Back

4

Front

Go 3 times farther away and the force of gravity drops by _____

Back

9 times

Front

If there are no other forces acting on them, two objects with mass will _____

Back

accelerate toward each other

Front

What can be described as "falling and missing the ground"?

Back

orbiting

Front

In order to break free of a planet's gravity, an object must be moving faster than the _____

Back

escape velocity

Front

What does NASA like to call the free-fall condition while on the space station? Options: microgravity, microweight, microdensity, micromass

Back

microgravity

Front

In space you have the same mass as you do on Earth, but no _____

Back

weight