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Gravity

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name

Class

Date

Any object with mass has gravity.

True

Sometimes

False

Never

As the distance between two objects increases, the pull of gravity...

Increases

Decreases

Stays the same

The force of gravity acting on an object is the object's ______.

mass

matter

weight

friction

Which of the following never changes no matter where in the universe?

weight

force

mass

pounds

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

Moon has more mass, and therefore more gravity

Moon has less mass, and therefore more gravity

Moon has more mass, and therefore less gravity

Moon has less mass and therefore less gravity

Two factors affecting the magnitude of the force of gravity between 2 objects are...

mass and distance

mass and matter

distance and weight

weight and mass

If Earth's mass was cut in half, what would happen to your mass?

increase because gravitational force increases

decrease because gravitational force decreases

decrease because gravitational force increases

nothing, mass is not affected by gravitational force

Which model has greater gravitational attraction (if any)

Model A

Model B

Both Model A and Model B (same gravity)

Gravity attracts all objects towards one another.

False

True

It depends

10.

If a person weighs 100 pounds on Earth, calculate how much that person would weight on Jupiter. (Jupiter has 3 times the amount of gravity that Earth does.)

33.3 pounds

100 pounds

300 pounds

Not enough information given

11.

Gravity on Mars’ surface is much lower than it is here on Earth. This is because the mass of mars is ______ than Earth.

less

the same

12.

There is GRAVITY IN SPACE.

True

False

13.

Force of gravity is inversely proportional to the square of ____:

mass

weight

distance

tangential speed

14.

Force of gravity is directly proportional to ______:

distance

mass

weight

centripetal acceleration

15.

Determine the force of gravitational attraction between the earth (m = 5.98 x 10²⁴ kg) and a 70-kg physics student if the student is standing at sea level, a distance of 6.38 x 10⁶ m from earth's center. Estimate in your head. You don't need a calculator.

60.8 N

686 N

68.6 Kg

686 Kg

16.

Suppose the gravitational force between two spheres is 60 N. If both the masses are doubled, then what is the force between the two masses?

240 N

420 N

0.42 N

42.0 N

17.

Two asteroids exert a gravitational force, F, on each other. Some time later, the asteroids are now three times as far from each other as before. Which of the following represents the gravitational force at this distance?

F/3

F/2

F/6

F/9

18.

Which of the following is Newton's Law on Gravitation?

F=Gm₁m₂/r

F = Gm₁m₂/r²

F = Gm₁m₂/2r

F = m₁m₂/2r

19.

Two objects are attracted to each other with 36 N of gravitational force.
What would the force between them be if the distance between them were doubled?

144

20.

Two objects are attracted to each other with 36 N of gravitational force.
What would the force between them be if one of the masses were doubled?

144

21.

Because Earth is "falling" around the sun, it will eventially crash into it?

True

False

22.

Suppose the force of gravity between two masses is 10 N and then you double mass #1, triple mass #2, and you cut the distance to half of what it was. What is the new force of gravity between the objects?

30 N

120 N

6.7 N

240 N

100 %

Gravity

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 16mins

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