Gravity

What two factors determine the strength of the gravitational force between two objects?

• acceleration and distance

• speed and distance

• mass and distance

• mass and speed

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At which position will the astronaut feel a greater gravitational pull?

• Position B

• Position A

• Both will feel the same amount of gravitational pull

• Both are in zero gravity

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When the mass increases, the strength of the gravitational field _______.

• increases

• decreases

• remains the same

• become negatively charged

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a measure of the pull of gravity on mass

• gravity

• weight

• friction

• air resistance

forces that act at a distance

• noncontact forces

• contact forces

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a force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses and that decreases as the distance between the objects increases

• gravity

• friction

• weight

• air resistance

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gravity is an example of what

• contact force

• noncontact force

• weight

• mass

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Any object with mass has gravity.

• True
• False

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As distance between two objects increase the pull of gravity 

• Increases
• Decreases

As mass increases, what happens to the gravitational force?

• It increases.
• It decreases.
• It stays the same.
• It acts as a 3rd degree derivative function.

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