What was Newton seeking in his explanation of gravity?

The Inverse Square Law: Unraveling Gravity and Light Dynamics

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Patricia Brown
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A fictional explanation
A mathematical explanation
A historical explanation
A philosophical explanation
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the inverse square law describe?
A quadratic relationship between two variables
A linear relationship between two variables
An inverse relationship between two variables
A direct relationship between two variables
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How does light from a flashlight behave as it travels?
It becomes invisible
It spreads out
It changes color
It becomes more concentrated
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
If a screen is placed twice as far from a light source, how does its size change to catch the same light rays?
It remains the same size
It becomes four times as wide and four times as tall
It becomes half as wide and half as tall
It becomes twice as wide and twice as tall
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What happens to the illumination on a screen that is twice as far from the light source?
It becomes twice as bright
It remains the same
It becomes one fourth as bright
It becomes four times as bright
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How much larger is the area needed to capture the same light when the distance is tripled?
Three times larger
Nine times larger
Twelve times larger
Six times larger
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
At four times the original distance, what fraction of the original illumination does the screen receive?
One thirty-second
One fourth
One sixteenth
One eighth
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