Gravity

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

• Pull
• Push

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An object with mass has gravity.

• True
• False 

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The amount of matter in an object.

• force 
• mass
• weight 
• pressure 

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

• Pounds 
• weight 
• Force
• Mass

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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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A person weighs _______ on the moon than they do on Earth.

• the same

• more

• less

__________holds all of the planets in orbit around the sun.

• Force
• Motion
• Weight
• Gravity

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A brick and a pencil are dropped at the same time from the same height. Which one would hit the ground first?

• brick

• pencil

• both would hit at the same time

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When NASA scientists send a man into outer space in a rocket, what force must the rocket overcome as it leaves the Earth's surface?

• weight

• mass

• gravity

• density

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A boy throws a baseball up in the air. Why does the baseball fall back down to the ground?

• the mass of the baseball decreases, causing it to fall

• the weight of the ball causes the ball to fall

• the force of gravity causes the ball to fall

• the density of the ball causes the ball to fall

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