Gravity

Gravity from an object _____

• stops at it's surface
• stops after about 10,000 km
• stops at the edge of the solar system
• goes on forever

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

You can think of it as "how much stuff makes up an object"

• size
• brightness
• mass
• density

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Which term is defined as "how much mass is inside a given volume"?

• size
• brightness
• weight
• density

When the distance from an object is doubled, the force of gravity drops by a factor of _____

• 2
• 4
• 10
• 16

Go 3 times farther away and the force of gravity drops by _____

• 3 times
• 6 times
• 9 times
• 12 times

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

If there are no other forces acting on them, two objects with mass will _____

• repel
• stay where they are
• move uniformly toward each other
• accelerate toward each other

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What can be described as "falling and missing the ground"?

• accelerating
• free-falling
• orbiting
• attaining escape velocity

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

In order to break free of a planet's gravity, an object must be moving faster than the _____

• escape velocity
• getaway acceleration
• break-away pace
• liberation altitude

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

What does NASA like to call the free-fall condition while on the space station?

• microgravity
• microweight
• microdensity
• micromass

In space you have the same mass as you do on Earth, but no _____

• microgravity
• weight
• density
• pressure