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Gravitational 2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When placed at equal distances apart, the greatest gravitational attraction will be between two

a)

skateboards

b)

bowling balls

c)

school buses

2.

Which is needed to determine the amount of gravitational force between two objects?

a)

distance and mass

b)

weight and time

c)

area and weight

3.

The gravitational force exerted by an object depends on its

a)

volume

b)

mass

c)

weight

4.
What is gravitational force?
a)
It makes objects at rest start moving.
b)
It makes objects that are moving stop.
c)
The force of attraction between two objects.
d)
It pulls you into space.
5.
A baseball and bat are on the ground.   What is true?
a)
They attract each other with equal gravitational force.
b)
There is no gravitational force between them.
c)
The baseball will float because it's lighter.
d)
The bat will pull the baseball closer to itself.
6.
This FORCE pulls things.  It PULLS things into orbit around the sun. 
a)
Newton
b)
gravity
c)
weight
d)
path
7.
The definition of gravitational field strength is:
a)
The region of space surrounding a body where other bodies will feel an attractive force due to it.
b)
The region of space surrounding a body where other bodies will feel an repulsive force due to it.
c)
The region of space surrounding a charge where other charges will feel an attractive force due to it.
d)
The region of space surrounding a charge where other charges will feel an repulsive force due to it.
8.
The closer together the gravitational field lines.....
a)
the weaker the gravitational field strength
b)
the stronger the gravitational field strength
c)
the more repulsive the gravitational field strength
9.
Gravitational field strength is measured in:
a)
N
b)
J/kg
c)
m/s
d)
N/kg
10.

Gravitational field strength also measured in:

a)

N

b)

J/kg

c)

m/s

d)

m/s2

11.

In Fields, The constant of proportionality, G, is called the

a)

gravitational field strength

b)

universal gravitational constant

c)

Gibb's free energy

d)

acceleration due to gravity

12.

The symbol for gravitational field strength is

a)

F

b)

P

c)

g

d)

G

13.

Two isolated masses m1 and m2 are separated by a distance r. Which expression gives the gravitational field strength caused by m1 at m2?

a)

G m1m2 / r

b)

G m1 m2 / r2

c)

G m1 / r2

d)

G m2 / r2

14.

What is numerically equal to the gravitational field strength at a point P on the Earth's surface?

a)

the acceleration of free fall at P.

b)

the change in potential energy per unit distance from P.

c)

the force acting on any body placed at P.

d)

the work done in bringing unit mass from infinity to P.

15.
Gravitational potential at a point is....
a)
the work done in bringing a unit mass from infinity to the point
b)
the work done in bringing a unit mass from the point to infinity
c)
the work done in bringing a unit charge from infinity to the point
d)
the work done in bringing a unit mass from twice the radius of the mass to the point