Force at a Distance

Which of the following properties affect the force of gravity on two objects?

• Mass and distance

• Mass and velocity

• Distance and velocity

• Distance and time

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If the mass of the sun suddenly doubled, how would the force of gravity on the earth change?

• Four times weaker

• Four times stronger

• Two times weaker

• Two times stronger

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Gravity attracts all objects towards one another.

• False
• True
• It depends
• I don't care

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As the distance between two objects increases, the pull of gravity between them _______________.

• Increases

• Decreases

• Stays the same

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

• mass
• matter
• weight 
• terminal velocity 

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Which of the following will not change in different gravitational fields? (What would remain the same on Earth, the Moon, Saturn, and Mercury?)

• weight

• force

• mass

• pounds

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This FORCE pulls things.  It PULLS things into orbit around the sun. 

• Newton
• gravity
• weight
• path

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

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

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A person weighs _____ on the Earth than they do on the Moon. 

• less
• more
• the same

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When will the forces of gravity between two objects be the GREATEST?

• when the masses of both objects are small and the objects are far apart

• when the masses of both objects are large and the objects are close together

• when the masses of both objects are small and the objects are close together

• when the masses of both objects are large and the objects are far apart

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