Practice Quiz: Gravity &Inertia

Which of the following is best associated with inertia?

• weight

• mass

• gravity

• acceleration

Acceleration occurs when:

• an object speeds up

• an object slows down

• an object travels at the same velocity but changes directions

• all are correct

Which of the following is considered a force of gravity?

• weight

• mass

• momentum

• acceleration

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Which of the following is best associated with mass?

• It does not change from place to place or planet to planet

• It changes from place to place or planet to planet

• It is a measure of gravity.

• It has gram as the SI unit.

Which of the following best describes weight?

• has the SI unit of Newton and is a measure of the force of gravity

• has the SI unit of pound and is a measure of the amount of matter present

• has the SI unit of Newton and is measured with a balance

• has the SI unit of pound and is measured with a spring scale

If your weight is 504 N on Earth and 84 N on the moon, which of the following would be true on if you were able to travel to Neptune, a planet larger than Earth.

• Your weight would be the same.

• Your weight would be more due to a greater gravitational pull.

• Your weight would be less due to a greater gravitational pull.

• Your weight would be less due to a smaller gravitational pull.

• Your weight would be less due to a smaller gravitational pull.

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Which of the following would have the strongest gravitational pull?

• a desk

• a semi truck

• Earth

• Jupiter

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The further away you are from an object:

• the greater the gravitational pull.

• the lesser the gravitational pull.

A twelve pound bowling ball and a ten pound bowling ball are dropped at the same time from a second story science building. Which of the following is correct?

• The 12 pound bowling ball will hit the ground first.

• The 10 pound bowling ball will hit the ground first.

• Both bowling balls will hit the ground at the same time.

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As the distance between objects increases, the amount of gravitational force it exerts:

• increases.

• decreases.

• stays the same.

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