WorksheetsGravitation
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
Newton said that any two masses will...
combine into a larger mass.
attract each other.
create gravitational fields.
push each other apart.
According to Newton's law of gravitation, the Earth and the Moon are gravitationally attracted to each other. The more massive Earth attracts the Moon with...
a stronger force than the Moon attracts the Earth.
a weaker force than the Moon attracts the Earth.
the same force as the Moon attracts the Earth.
a force that is sometimes stronger and other times weaker than the Moon attracts the Earth.
State the definition of Gravitational field strength
Gravitational force per unit time acting on a body at a point in a gravitational field
The force between two bodies of mass M and m is directly proportional to the product of their masses
Gravitational force per unit mass acting on a body at a point in a gravitational field
what is the unit for Gravitional Field strength, ag =r2GM
N kg −1
J kg −1
m s −2
m s −1
The picture shows three objects gravitationally interacting with each other. Which object exerts the greatest force on object B?
Object A
Object C
A and C exert an equal force on B
Cannot be determined
How is the gravitational force between to objects related to their mass
They are directly proportional
They are inversely proportional
They do not affect each other
They are equal
Gravitational forces are:
always attractive
always repulsive
sometimes attractive and sometimes repulsive
None of these
