Universal Gravitation/Formation of the solar system/Distances

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

• motion
• weight
• speed
• friction

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NGSS.MS-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.MS-PS2-4

Gravity attracts all objects towards one another.

• False
• True
• It depends
• I don't care

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Force of gravity is directly proportional to

• Mass
• Weight
• Distance
• Time

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Force of gravity is inversely proportional to

• Mass
• Weight
• Distance
• Time

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

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

• Increases
• Decreases
• Stays the same

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

As distance separating the objects increases the force

• increases
• decreases
• stays the same

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

If I double the distance between two objects, what happens to their gravitational Force?

• 4x bigger
• 4x smaller
• 2x bigger
• 2x smaller

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

Complete the following statement: The farther away two planets are the _______ the gravitational force between them.

• more
• same
• dosen't matter
• less

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A moon is located at  1 unit out from the planet it orbits. If that moon was orbiting at 2 units out from the planet, how much would the gravitational force on the moon be compared to its distance at 1 unit?

• 1/4
• 1/6
• 2x as much
• 4 times as much

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4