The Great Escape: Crash Course Kids Quizziz

True or False: Gravity is a force that pushes objects away from each other.

• True

• False

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True or false: The larger a planet or moon is, the bigger its pull, and the larger escape velocity is needed to get into orbit.

• True

• False

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What is a force?

• a push or pull acting against an object

• a measure of strength

• a weight

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Why don't we float off into space?

• The Earth's mass is greater than our own.

• The atmosphere blocks us

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Why can't you throw a rock higher than a ping pong ball if you use the same force?

• a rock has more wind resistance

• a ping pong ball is meant to move through the air

• a ping pong ball is hollow

• the rock has more mass

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What would you need to do to throw the rock as high as the ping pong ball?

• you would need to use more force

• you would need to use less force

• you can't do it.

• you would have to be on the moon

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What is escape velocity?

• the time needed to escape Earth's gravitational pull

• the speed needed to escape Earth's gravitational pull

• the weight needed to escape Earth's gravitational pull

• the mass needed to escape Earth's gravitational pull

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