Gravitation Quiz

Why do we have a stronger gravitational attraction with Earth than the Sun?

• the sun has a larger mass

• the Earth has a larger mass

• we are closer to center of sun

• we are closer to center of Earth

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A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses.

• Force
• Gravity
• Gravitational Pull
• Weight

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What does the strength of gravity between two objects depend upon?

• Mass & distance
• Mass & weight
• Gravity & inertia
• Inertia & mass

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As mass decreases, gravitational force does what?

• Increases
• Decreases 
• Remains the same
• Changes

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Which of the following is Newton's Law on Gravitation?

• F=Gm₁m₂/r
• F = Gm₁m₂/r²
• F = Gm₁m₂/2r
• F = m₁m₂/2r

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As distance separating the objects increases the force

• increases
• decreases
• stays the same

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What happens to Gravitational force if I double both of the masses but don't change their distance?

• doubles
• half as big
• 4x bigger
• 4x smaller

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If the mass on Mars is 6.4 kg x 10²³ kg and the mass on Earth is 6.0 kg x 10²⁴ kg, which one would you weigh more on?

• Earth
• Mars

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

• 3x bigger
• 3x smaller
• 9x bigger
• 9x smaller

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Find the force due to gravity if the mass of the object is 2300 kg and the mass of the other object is 4000 kg. The distance between the two objects is 0.150 m.

• 0.00409 N
• 244 N
• 0.027 N
• 6.14x10^-4 N

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