Universal Gravitation

What states that "every object in the universe attracts every other object"?

• Law of Universal Gravitation
• Newton's First Law of Motion
• My mother
• Inertia & gravity

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The moon and other satellites rotate around the earth. Identify the force that keeps these satellites in orbit.

• gravity
• friction
• a strong force
• electromagnetic force

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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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Force of gravity is directly proportional to

• Mass
• Weight
• Distance
• Time

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Force of gravity is inversely proportional to

• Mass
• Weight
• Distance
• Time

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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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Calculate the gravitational force between two objects when they are 0.750m apart. Each object has a mass of 5.00kg.

• 2.96x10^-7N

• 3.00x10^-6N

• 2.22x10^-9N

• 2.23x10^-8N

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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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If the raduis of the Earth were to decrease, what would happen to our weight?

• It would increase

• It would decrease

• It would stay the same

• We would become weightless

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Find the force of gravity (Fg) for two objects with:

m1 = 100 kg

m2 = 1000 kg

d = 500 m

• 2.67 x 10^-11 N

• 0.4 N

• 6.67 x 10^-11 N

• 1.3 x 10^-8 N

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