WorksheetsGravitational Forces Between Objects
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
As the distance between two objects increases, the force of gravity between them decreases.
True
False
The variables that affect the gravitational interaction between two objects are:
masses and directions of motions of the objects.
masses and speeds of the objects.
masses and distances between the objects.
distance between and speeds of the objects.
Which of the following data would support the claim that the gravitational force between objects depends on mass?
An object's weight can change depending on where it is on Earth.
Further away a planet is from the sun the smaller the gravitational force.
Gravitational force is stronger on more massive planets.
A rocket can escape Earth's gravity by traveling at high speed.
Which of the following does NOT affect the gravitational force between the earth and the sun?
Mass of earth
Mass of sun
Distance between earth and sun
Your weight
Which is needed to determine the amount of gravitational force between two objects?
distance and mass
weight and time
area and weight
The gravitational force exerted by an object depends on its
volume
mass
weight
What is gravitational force?
It makes objects at rest start moving.
It makes objects that are moving stop.
The force of attraction between two objects.
It pulls you into space.
As a space ship of constant mass moves farther away from Earth, the strength of the gravitational interaction between the Earth and the space craft
stays the same.
increases.
there is not enough information to answer.
decreases
Jupiter has about 317 times more mass than Earth. What can you infer from this fact?
That Jupiter’s gravitational force is much weaker than on Earth’s gravitational force.
That Jupiter’s gravitational force is much stronger than Earth’s gravitational force.
That Jupiter’s and Earth’s gravitational forces are equal.
Mass has no effect on the gravitational force between two objects
What happens to the gravitational force between two objects if the mass of one object is doubled?
It doubles
It halves
It quadruples
It remains the same
Which of the following best describes the gravitational force between two objects?
It is always attractive
It is always repulsive
It can be either attractive or repulsive
It depends on the medium between the objects
If the distance between two objects is tripled, how does the gravitational force between them change?
It becomes nine times stronger
It becomes nine times weaker
It becomes three times stronger
It becomes three times weaker
Which experiment would best demonstrate the effect of mass on gravitational force?
Dropping two balls of different masses from the same height
Measuring the weight of an object on different planets
Observing the orbit of a satellite around Earth
Comparing the gravitational pull of two magnets
What is the gravitational force between two 1 kg masses separated by 1 meter? (Use G=6.674×10−11Nm2/kg2 )
6.674×10−11N
6.674×10−10N
6.674×10−9N
6.674×10−8N
How does the gravitational force between two objects change if both their masses are doubled?
It doubles
It quadruples
It remains the same
It halves
