Gravity and Inertia

The amount of gravitational pull Earth has is a result of

• Earth's Mass

• Earth's Rotation

• Earth's magnetic field

• Earth's location in the solar system

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What keeps the moon in orbit around the sun?

• Moon Phases

• Tides

• Gravity

• Seasons

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Why can't humans feel the gravitational pull of the Sun?

• The sun has no gravitational pull

• We are too small

• The sun is too far away

• The sun is too hot

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Why does the sun have a smaller gravitational pull over Pluto than Earth?

• Pluto is closer to the sun

• Pluto is small

• Earth is farther away

• Pluto is farther from the sun

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Staying at rest unless a force acts on an object is an example of

• Gravity

• Inertia

The force that causes objects with mass to attract to one another:

• Gravity

• Inertia

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The gravitational attraction between two objects would increase if both masses are –

• increased, and the distance between them is increased.

• decreased, and the distance between them is decreased.

• increased, and the distance between them is decreased.

• decreased, and the distance between them is increased.

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Which of the following will NOT change in different gravities?

• Weight

• Mass

• Force

• Pounds

What would happen to Earth without the sun's gravity?

• The earth would DRIFT INTO SPACE

• Earth would be smaller

• Earth would be smaller

• The earth would get SUCKED INTO THE SUN

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Two factors effecting the magnitude of the force of gravity between 2 objects are...

• weight and mass

• gravity and inertia

• distance and weight

• mass and distance

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