Gravitational Interactions

Why do you think an astronaut can hop so
easily on the Moon while wearing the
heavy suit?

• The astronaut is very strong.

• The suit shrinks on the moon.

• The suit and astronaut have less weight on the moon.

If the surface gravity on Mars is only about 38% of the surface gravity on Earth, would you weigh less or more on Mars than you do on Earth?

• Weigh less on Mars

• Weigh more on Mars

• Weight would not change

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Match the following

• weight

• a natural force of attraction between two objects based on their masses.

• Gravity

• The amount of matter an object has is its

• mass

• You measure this based on the amount of gravitational force that Earth is pulling on you

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The amount of gravity an object has is dependent on its ___

• mass

• weight

• height

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Which object has more gravitational force?

• feather

• hammer

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Which one has more gravitational force? 

• Earth

• Sun

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According to our gravitational interactions experiment, what is the effect the larger masses had on the washers?

• The larger the mass placed on the string, the less the washers moved towards the mass.

• The larger the mass placed on the string, the more the washers moved away from the mass.

• The larger the mass placed on the string, the more the washers moved towards the mass.

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Anything that has mass also has _____

• a moon

• gravity

• a solid form

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The more mass an object has, the more ___________ it exerts on other objects.

• magnetic force

• gravitational force

• weight

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_____can be measured using a scale and can change based on location.

• mass

• force

• weight