Newtonian Gravitation

The measure of the pull of gravity on an object is ___________________.

• motion
• weight
• speed
• friction

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

What is the force applied to all objects on Earth?

• Earthquakes
• Gravity

The moon and other satellites rotate around the earth. Identify the force that keeps these satellites in orbit.

• gravity
• friction
• a strong force
• electromagnetic force

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

Two factors effecting the magnitude of the force of gravity between 2 objects are...

• mass and distance 
• mass and matter
• distance and weight 
• weight and mass

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

As distance between two objects increase the pull of gravity 

• Increases
• Decreases
• Stays the same

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

If Earth's mass was cut in half, what would happen to your mass?

• increase because gravitational force increases
• decrease because gravitational force decreases
• decrease because gravitational force increases
• nothing, mass is not affected by gravitational force

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

Two asteroids exert a gravitational force, F, on each other. Some time later, the asteroids are now three times as far from each other as before. Which of the following represents the gravitational force at this distance? 

• F/3
• F/2
• F/6
• F/9

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

Luke Skywalker has a mass of 13 kg and weight of 127.4 N on earth. Find his weight on the Endor moon. Acceleration due to gravity of 2 m/s/s.

• 254.8 N
• 13 kg
• 26 N
• 127.4 kg

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

What happens to the force of gravity if the mass of one of the objects is doubled?

• The force of gravity doubles
• The force of gravity is tripled
• The force of gravity is halved
• The force of gravity increases 4 times

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which of the following is true?

• M is inversely proportional to the F_g
• F_g is directly proportional to the separation distance
• F_g is inversely proportional to the separation distance
• F_g is inversely proportional to the square of the separation distance