Gravity

The law of universal gravitation is credited to whom? 

• Einstein 
• Galileo
• Darwin
• Newton 

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

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

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

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Gravity attracts all objects towards one another. 

• True
• False 

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Look at the picture.  Is the force of gravity on the boy a push or a pull? 

• Pull
• Push

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

An object with mass has gravity.

• True
• False 

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

As distance between objects increases the pull of gravity...

• increases 
• decreases 
• Stays the same 

The amount of matter in an object.

• force 
• mass
• weight 
• pressure 

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Which of the following never changes no matter where you are in the universe? 

• Pounds 
• weight 
• Force
• Mass

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

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

• the moon has less mass, and therefore less gravity
• the moon has more mass, and therefore less gravity
• the moon has less mass, and therefore more gravity
• the moon has more mass, and therefor more gravity

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The relationship between the mass of objects and its weight on Earth is constant. 

• True
• False