Gravity Review for Quiz

What is Gravity

• The weight of an object

• The force of attraction between all objects with mass

• The constant upward force?

• What causes things to go up and then back down

The law of universal gravitation is credited to whom? 

• Einstein 
• Galileo
• Darwin
• Newton 

Two factors effecting the magnitude of force of gravity between 2 objects are...

• weight and mass 
• distance and weight 
• mass and matter 
• mass and distance 

Gravity attracts all objects towards one another. 

• True
• False 

An object with mass has gravity.

• True
• False 

As distance between objects increases the pull of gravity...

• increases 
• decreases 
• Stays the same 

The amount of matter in an object.

• force 
• mass
• weight 
• pressure 

Which of the following never changes no matter where you are in the universe? 

• Pounds 
• weight 
• Force
• Mass

A person would weigh less on the moon than on the Earth because...

• the moon has less mass, and therefore less gravity
• the moon has more mass, and therefore less gravity
• the moon has less mass, and therefore more gravity
• the moon has more mass, and therefor more gravity

An example of a gravitational interaction is that the Earth... 

• orbits the sun
• orbits the moon
• orbits other planets 
• None of the above