8th grade Unit 5 Lesson 14 Gravity

When referring to forces, pulling together it is called?

• repulsive

• attractive

• reflective

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A model that describes what the force on an object would be if the object were placed in any location in space; usually used to predict the strength and direction of noncontact forces is called?

• absorption

• gravitational forces

• gravitational field

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Always attractive, noncontact forces between objects that have mass is called?

• orbit

• gravitational field

• gravitational forces

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The amount of matter in an object is known as?

• mass

• weight

• volume

The path that an object in space follows around another object due to gravitational forces between the objects is known as?

• reflection

• orbit

• rotation

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The amount of gravitational force on an object is known as?

• transmission

• mass

• weight

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A unit used to measure the strength of a force is called?

• newton

• ounce

• gravity

What would you call the sum of all forces acting on an object?

• net force

• pressure

• weight

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What is true about gravitational fields?

• 1. Earth's gravitational field is weak near Earth's surface.

• 1. The strength of a gravitational field increases with distance.

• 1. The moon has no gravitational field.

• 1. The strength of a gravitational field decreases with distance.

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Can an object’s weight can change without changing mass if the gravitational force on it changes?

• True

• False