A9.6-4 Quiz: Gravity

What is the best definition of gravity?

• a property of matter that makes items move

• a natural force of attraction exerted by a celestial body on objects that are on or near its surface

• an object that makes other objects fall

• a property of force that continues to keep objects in motion

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Larger masses have a

• weaker gravitational force

• stronger gravitational force

• equal gravitational force

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Gravity attracts all objects towards one another.

• False
• True
• It depends

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Any object with mass has gravity.

• True
• Sometimes
• False
• Never

As distance between two objects increase the pull of gravity 

• Increases
• Decreases
• Stays the same

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The force of gravity acting on an object is the object's ______.

• mass
• matter
• weight 
• friction 

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

• Moon has more mass, and therefore more gravity
• Moon has less mass, and therefore more gravity
• Moon has more mass, and therefore less gravity
• Moon has less mass and therefore less gravity

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

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

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Gravity attracts all objects towards one another.

• False
• True
• It depends

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If Earth's mass was cut in half, what would happen to your weight?

• Increase because gravitational force increases
• decrease because gravitational force decreases
• decrease because gravitational force increases
• nothing, weight is not affected by gravitational force

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