Study Jams: Gravity & Inertia

Which of these can cause a moving object to change direction?

• inertia

• velocity

• force

• mass

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What is gravitational force?

• the force that keeps people from moving

• the force of attraction between any two objects

• the force that makes inert objects start moving

• the only force that changes an object's velocity

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Where is an object's center of gravity?

• the exact center of its mass

• the part that is closest to Earth

• any part of an object, as long as it has mass

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A paperclip and a computer are sitting on your desk. What is true about the gravitational force of these two objects?

• The paperclip attracts the computer with less gravitational force than the computer attracts the paperclip.

• The computer and the paperclip attract each other with equal gravitational force.

• The computer attracts the paperclip with less gravitational force than the paperclip attracts the computer.

• There is no gravitational force between the paperclip and the computer.

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Why don't we see the ground coming towards us?

• We have less gravitational force than the Earth.

• We have more inertia than the Earth.

• We have less mass than the Earth.

• We are already standing on the Earth.

Why doesn't the moon crash toward the Earth's surface?

• It has very little inertia, so it stays in the sky and floats through space.

• It has a lot of mass, so it feels the Earth's gravitational force less than smaller objects do.

• It has more mass than the Earth, so it stays in one place while the Earth orbits it.

• It is too small to fall through the Earth's atmosphere and reach the Earth's surface.

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Why is it impossible to "defy gravity"?

• There is no gravity.

• You can't defy gravity without going to another planet.

• Gravitational force exists every place where there are two objects.

• Nothin has enough force to resist gravity.

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