Gravity, Mass, and Distance

What is gravity?

• A non-contact force

• A push

• Energy

• All of them

Without gravity we would________.

• Stay in the ground

• Nothing would happen.

• Float away

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Which has more mass, Earth or the Moon?

• The same

• The Earth

• The Moon

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What is mass?

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What is weight?

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How can you find the weight of an object?

• You can use a spring scale to find the weight of an

  object

• You can use a thermometer to find the weight of an

  object

Mass and Weight are the same.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Gravity attracts all objects towards one another.

• True

• False

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Any object with mass has gravity.

• True

• False

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A person would weigh less on on the Moon than on the Earth because . . .

• Moon has more mass, and therefore less gravity

• Moon has more mass, and therefore more gravity

• Moon has less mass, and therefore more gravity

• Moon has less mass and therefore less gravity

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