Gravity & Inertia Review

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

• Increase because gravitational force increases
• decrease because gravitational force decreases
• decrease because gravitational force increases
• nothing, weight is not affected by gravitational force

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As distance between two objects increase the pull of gravity 

• Increases
• Decreases
• Stays the same

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What is the SI unit used to measure force? 

• pounds 
• grams 
• newtons 
• friction

A person would weigh less on on the Moon than on the Earth because . . .

• Moon has more mass, and therefore more gravity
• Moon has less mass, and therefore more gravity
• Moon has more mass, and therefore less gravity
• Moon has less mass and therefore less gravity

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The amount of matter in an object is 

• pressure
• weight
• mass
• force

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A person would weigh more on Jupiter than on the Earth because . . .

• Jupiter has more mass, and therefore more gravity
• Jupiter has less mass, and therefore more gravity
• Jupiter has more mass, and therefore less gravity
• Jupiter has less mass and therefore less gravity

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________ hold all of the planets in orbit around the sun.

• gravity
• string
• Bill Nye
• duct tape

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The movement of an object around another object. In space, this is usually an ellipse or oval shape.

• Tilt of Earth's axis
• Rotation
• Revolution
• Ellipitical

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Shape of the Earth's orbit around the sun

• Tilt of Earth's axis
• Rotation
• Revolution
• Ellipitical