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Study Jams ---Gravity & Inertia

Authored by R. A. Mora

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8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which of these can cause a moving object to change direction?

a. inertia

b. velocity

c. force

d. mass

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is gravitational force?

a. the force that keeps people from moving

b. the force of attraction between any two objects

c. the force that makwes inert objects start moving

d. the only force that changes an object's velocity

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3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where is an object’s center of gravity?

a. the exact center of its mass

b. the part that is closest to the Earth

c. any part of anobject, as long as it has mass

d. all of the above

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A paperclip and a computer are sitting on your desk. What is true about the gravitational force of these two objects?

a. the paperclip attracts the computer with less gravitational force than the computer attracts the paperclip

b. The computer and the paperclip attract each other with equal gravitational force

c. the computer attracts the paperclip with less gravitational force than the paperclip attracts the computer

d. There is no gravitational force between the papereclip and the computer

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why don’t we see the ground coming toward us?

a. We have less gravitational force than the Earth

b. We have more inertia than the Earth

C. We have less mass than the Earth

d. We are alllready standing on the Earth

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why doesn’t the moon crash toward the Earth’s surface?

a. It has very little inertia, so it stays in the sky and floats through space.

b. It has a lot of mass, so it feels the Earth's gravitational force less than smaller objects do.

c. It has more mass than the Earth, so it stays in one place while the Earth orbits it.

d. It is too small to fall through the Earth's atmosphere and reach the Earth's surface.

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is it impossible to “defy gravity”?

a. There is no gravity.

b. You can't defy gravity without going to another planet.

c. Gravitational force exists every place where there are two objctss.

d. Nothing has enough force to resist gravity.

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