Gravity and the Earth

What two things does gravity depend on?

• Distance and speed

• Distance and space

• Mass and distance

• Mass and speed

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What does the force of gravity do to objects?

• It makes them float

• It makes them jump

• It pulls them together

• It pushes them apart

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How does gravity on Earth compare to gravity on the moon?

• It is the same

• There is more gravity on Earth

• There is more gravity on the moon

Sir Issac Newton came up with a theory about ________ in 1687.

• The sun

• Tides

• Spaceships

• gravity

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What does the word mass mean?

• The amount of matter in something

• The speed an object falls

• How high a person can jump

• How far an object can be thrown

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True or False: Objects that have more mass also have more gravity.

• True

• False

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Imagine you throw a baseball on Earth. Then, You travel to a planet with less gravity than Earth and throw the same baseball there. Which of the following would be true?

• The baseball would go farther on Earth

• The baseball would go farther on the other planet

• The baseball would go the same distance on Earth and the other planet

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