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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• 
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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