Gravity

As mass increases, what happens to gravitational force?

• increases
• decreases
• stays the same
• i don't know

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Gravity attracts all objects towards one another. 

• True
• False 

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Look at the picture.  Is the force of gravity on the boy a push or a pull? 

• Pull
• Push

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

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

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

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A person weights _______ on the moon than they do on Earth.

• the same
• more
• less

A person would weigh more on Jupiter than on the Earth because---

• Jupiter has less mass, and therefore less gravity
• Jupiter has more mass, and therefore less gravity.
• Jupiter has less mass, and therefore more gravity.
• Jupiter has more mass, and therefore more gravity

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Which statement about gravity is true?

• gravity causes objects to pull towards one another

• gravity causes objects to push away from each other

• gravity only takes place between planets

• the moon doesn't have any gravity

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

More mass equals:

• less gravity

• less distance

• more gravity

• more distance

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Less mass equals:

• less gravity

• less distance

• more gravity

• more distance

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Why do astronauts bounce so high on the moon?

• The moon has more gravity

• The moon has no gravity

• The moon has less gravity