Space and Gravity Quiz

True or False: Any object that has mass also contains some form of gravitational attraction.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

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

• mass and distance 
• mass and matter
• distance and weight 
• weight and mass

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

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

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Mercury has ______ gravity than Earth.

• less
• more
• the same

As mass increases, what happens to gravitational force?

• increases
• decreases
• stays the same
• i don't know

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which planet has the greatest amount of gravity?

• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune
• Jupiter

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The planets get larger as they move farther from the Sun.

• True
• False

What best describes the mass and weight of a person as they move around the universe?

• mass and weight changes
• Mass and weight stays constant
• weight remains constant, mass changes
• Mass stays constant, weight changes

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

What is mass?

• Attraction between objects
• How much matter in an object
• Amount of space in object
  

A ball of ice and rock whose orbit is usually a long, narrow ellipse.

• Comet
• Meteor
• Planet
• Moon