Gravity and Orbits

Gravity pulls everything toward...

• The ground
• The center of mass
• The moon
• The Sun

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

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

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Which of the following is required for planets to stay in orbit around the Sun? (choose all that apply)

• Gravity

• Weight

• Friction

• Inertia (Forward Motion)

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A(n) _____ is the curved path of an object around a point/object in space.

• orbit

• rotation

• revolution

• phase

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Without gravity, the stars, planets and all celestial objects in the universe would _?_.

• continue to orbit each other
• move in a random direction
• move in a straight line
• stop moving

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If you increase the mass of the Sun too much, what happens to the Earth? (experiment #1)

• It leaves the Solar system.
• There is no apparent change in motion.
• It is pulled (crashes) into the Sun.

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