Calculating Gravity

As mass decreases, gravitational force does what?

• Increases
• Decreases 
• Remains the same
• Changes

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What is the measure of force of gravity on an object?

• Shape
• Height
• Weight
• Gravity

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Luke Skywalker has a mass of 13 kg and weight of 127.4 N on earth. Find his weight on the Endor moon. Acceleration due to gravity of 2 m/s/s.

• 254.8 N
• 13 kg
• 26 N
• 127.4 kg

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Which of the following is Newton's Law on Gravitation?

• F=Gm₁m₂/r
• F = Gm₁m₂/r²
• F = Gm₁m₂/2r
• F = m₁m₂/2r

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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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Force of gravity is inversely proportional to

• Mass
• Weight
• Distance
• Time

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As distance between two objects increases, the pull of gravity 

• Increases
• Decreases
• Stays the same

As distance separating the objects increases the force

• increases
• decreases
• stays the same

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If I double the distance between two objects, what happens to their gravitational Force?

• 4x bigger
• 4x smaller
• 2x bigger
• 2x smaller

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What happens to Gravitational force if I double both of the masses but don't change their distance?

• doubles
• half as big
• 4x bigger
• 4x smaller

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