Gravity

What force makes an apple drop to the ground?

• gravity

• air resistance

• weight

• size

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Gravity depends on which two factors?

• volume and density

• size and shape

• mass and distance

• mass and volume

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How does the Sun's gravity compare to Earth's gravity?

• The Sun's gravity is stronger

• The Earth's gravity is stronger.

• Their gravitational pull is the same.

• Scientists aren't able to measure the Sun's gravity.

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What effect does the moon's gravity have on Earth?

• It keeps the Earth in orbit around the Sun.

• It causes the tides.

• It causes space and time to bend around Earth.

• It has no effect on Earth.

Why is Earth's gravity stronger than the moon's gravity?

• The moon is so far away from the Earth.

• The moon has no mass.

• Earth has a larger volume than the moon.

• Earth is more massive than the moon.

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What is the difference between a meteor and a meteorite?

• They both burn up in Earth's atmosphere.

• They both crash into the Earth's surface.

• A meteor burns up in Earth's atmosphere but a meteorite strikes the Earth's surface.

• A meteor strikes the Earth's surface but a meteorite burns up in Earth's atmosphere.

The rise and fall of the water level along a shoreline is called ______.

• gravity

• meteors

• tides

Gravity causes objects to...

• be pulled toward the solar system.

• be pulled toward the moon.

• be pulled toward the ground.

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Gravity is the weakest...

• on the Sun

• on the moon

• on the Earth

The ________ objects are, the _______ the gravitational pull.

• closer, stronger

• closer, weaker

• farther apart, stronger

• heavier, stronger