Gravitational Forces

The gravitational force exerted by an object depends on its

• volume

• mass

• weight

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Which is needed to determine the amount of gravitational force between two objects?

• distance and mass

• weight and time

• area and weight

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What is gravitational force?

• It makes objects at rest start moving.

• It makes objects that are moving stop.

• The force of attraction between two masses.

• It pulls you into space.

A baseball and bat are on the ground.   What is true?

• They attract each other with equal gravitational force.
• There is no gravitational force between them.
• The baseball will float because it's lighter.
• The bat will pull the baseball closer to itself.

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What is the SI unit used to measure force? 

• pounds 
• grams 
• newtons 
• friction

Gravity attracts all objects towards one another.

• False
• True
• It depends

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Any object with mass has gravity.

• True
• Sometimes
• False
• Never

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As distance between two objects increase the pull of gravity 

• Increases
• Decreases
• Stays the same

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The force of gravity acting on an object is the object's ______.

• mass
• matter
• weight 
• friction 

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The amount of matter in an object is 

• pressure
• weight
• mass
• force

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