Gravitational Forces (4-1)

Objects need to be touching to exchange a force.

• True

• False

A _____ force does not require contact between two objects.

• field

• super

• Tesla

• powerful

Gravity can attract or repel.

• True

• False

Gravity causes objects to __________ at a constant rate.

• fall

• break

• accelerate

• slow

In a vacuum, a feather will fall at the same rate as a bowling ball.

• True

• False

If a plane drops at 9.8 m/s², what would happen to the people in the plane?

• They would be crushed.

• They would be weightless.

• They would blackout.

• Nothing would happen to them.

What would you weigh on the moon?

• I would weigh more than I would on Earth.

• I would weigh less that I would on Earth.

• I would be weightless.

• I would weigh the same as I do on Earth.

On what planet would you weigh the most?

• I'd weigh the most on the planet with the greatest mass.

• I'd weigh the most on the planet with the least mass.

• I'd weight the same of whatever planet I was on.

• My weight would increase the farther I go from the sun.

Larger objects always have more mass than smaller objects.

• True

• False

F_g is also known as weight.

• True

• False