Gravity, Etc. Review

Any object with mass is surrounded by a gravitational field.

• True
• Sometimes
• False
• Never

As distance between two objects increase the pull of gravity 

• Increases
• Decreases
• Stays the same

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

• mass
• matter
• weight 
• terminal velocity 

Which of the following will not change in different gravitational fields?

• weight
• force
• mass
• pounds

Where would you have to travel to reduce your weight but not lose any mass?

• The moon
• The Sun
• Jupiter
• Saturn

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

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

What is at the middle of a Heliocentric system?

• Mars

• Moon

• Sun

• Earth

What does the Geocentric system look like?

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Kepler's first law states that the orbits of the planets are in the shape of a/an...

• perfect circle

• ellipse

• spiral

The bulge of water on the side of the Earth closest to the moon produces ___________.

• high tide
• low tide
• neap tide
• spring tide