Gravitational Forces Between Objects

Front

The Moon's gravitational force causes ______.

Back

ocean tides

Front

______ wrote the universal law of gravity.

Back

Isaac Newton

Front

Mass is the amount of _____ that makes up an object.

Back

matter

Front

Gravity causes all objects to accelerate toward the ______ at the same rate.

Back

Earth

Front

The farther apart two objects are, the _______ the gravitational force.

Back

weaker

Front

What is gravity?

Back

A force that attracts two bodies toward each other.

Front

What is the universal law of gravitation?

Back

It states that every point mass attracts every other point mass with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centers.

Front

What happens to the gravitational force if the mass of one object increases?

Back

The gravitational force increases.

Front

What is the relationship between distance and gravitational force?

Back

As distance increases, gravitational force decreases.

Front

What is weight?

Back

The force exerted by gravity on an object.