Day 5 quiz Earth and moon (hybrid)

The ______________ exerted by Earth keeps the moon in orbit around us.

• gravitational force

• mass

• weight

An object's ______________ would be different on Mars than it would be on Jupiter.

• gravitational force

• mass

• weight

A feather is bigger than a marble but has less ______________.

• gravitational force

• mass

• weight

Which best describes the difference between mass and weight.

• Mass means that an object is massive and weight is what an object weighs.

• Mass is how much something weighs and weight is how much stuff is in something.

• The mass of an object is a measure of the amount of matter it contains. The weight of an object is a measure of the force exerted on the object by gravity.

• Mass and weight are pretty much the same things..

True or False

The two factors that determine an object's gravitational force on another object is 1) an object's mass and 2) the distance between two objects

• True

• False

• It's a trick question