Gravitational Forces Between Objects and Space

________ pulls objects toward the center of Earth.

• Mass
• Weight
• Gravity
• Resistance

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Mass is the amount of _____ that makes up an object.

• weight
• force
• gravity
• matter

Astronomers study ______.

• space
• Earth
• oceans
• gas

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______ is the gasses that encircle Earth.

• Gravity
• Atmosphere
• Resistance
• Mass

_____can be measured using a scale and can change based on location.

• Space
• Force
• Weight
• Mass

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The Moon's gravitational force causes ______.

• ocean tides
• Earth's orbit
• dust clouds
• atmosphere

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The gravitational force between Earth and the Sun causes ______.

• ocean tides
• Earth's orbit
• Earth's atmosphere
• Moon's orbit

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______ wrote the universal law of gravity.

• Isaac Newton
• Galileo
• Henry Cavendish
• Thomas Edison

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Gravity causes all objects to accelerate toward the ______ at the same rate.

• Moon
• Sun
• Earth
• ocean

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The farther apart two objects are, the _______ the gravitational force.

• weaker
• stronger
• less stable
• more stable

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