Gravitational and Satellite motion

If you went to the moon, would your weight change?

• Yes
• No
• Maybe

Force of gravity is directly proportional to

• Mass
• Weight
• Distance
• Time

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Force of gravity is inversely proportional to

• Mass
• Weight
• Distance
• Time

As distance between two objects decreases the pull of gravity 

• Increases
• Decreases
• Stays the same

As the product of two objects' masses increases, the pull of gravity

• Increases
• Decreases
• Stays the same

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Double the distance between two objects

• 4 times greater gravity attraction
• 4 times weaker gravity attraction
• 2 times weaker gravity
• 2 times greater gravity

Double the product of the masses of two objects

• 4 times stronger gravity force
• 4 times weaker gravity force
• 2 times weaker gravity force
• 2 times stronger gravity force

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If the force of gravity has been reduced by 1/4 which could be true?

• Mass was increased 4 times
• Mass was decreased 2 times
• Distance was increased 4 times
• Distance was doubled

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If the sun is bigger than the moon, why does the moon have a greater effect on tides?

• The sun's gravity doesn't affect water.
• The moon is much closer than the sun.
• Although the moon is smaller than the sun, it has more mass.
• The earth blocks the sun's gravitational pull.

The force of gravity is determined by the ______ of both objects and the _______ between them.

• weight, density
• density, distance
• volume, distance
• mass, distance

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