Getting to Know Gravity

Does gravity pull the moon towards Earth?

• Yes

• No

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When you are on Earth's surface, gravity

• helps you jump higher.

• holds you close to the ground.

• doesn't allow you to jump.

• allows you to float to the top of a tree.

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Why can birds and airplanes stay in the sky?

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If you jump up in orbit, you would

What does the force of gravity depend on?

• The mass of the objects and the distance between them.

• The weight of the objects and the distance between them.

• The distance an object travels when dropped from a tall building.

• The strength between two objects.

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Why doesn't the moon crash into Earth?

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Every object in the solar system is affected by the gravitational attraction to __________.

• Earth

• Milky Way

• Sun

• interstellar space

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Every object in the universe is affected by

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What does Earth's gravity affect in space?

• Nothing

• Stars

• Anything that orbits Earth

• Objects from Earth only

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Why do astronauts experience weightlessness in their spacecraft?

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