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What two things does gravity depend on?
distance and speed
distance and space
mass and distance
mass and speed
What does the force of gravity do to objects?
It makes them float.
It makes them jump.
It pulls them together.
It pushes them apart.
Objects that have more mass also have more gravity.
True
False
Imagine you throw a baseball on Earth. Then, you travel to a planet with less gravity than Earth and throw the same baseball there. Which of the following would be true?
The baseball would go farther on Earth.
The baseball would go farther on the other planet.
The baseball would go the same distance on Earth and the other planet.
Which list goes from smallest to largest?
galaxy, universe, solar system
solar system, galaxy, universe
solar sytem, universe, galaxy
universe, galaxy, solar system
Neptune has a slightly smaller radius and a slightly greater mass than Uranus. If you threw a ball with the same velocity on both planets, what would be true? (Assume both balls land back on the planet.)
The ball would travel farther on Neptune.
The ball would travel farther on Uranus.
The ball would travel the same distance on each planet.
Not enough information.
As mass increases, the stength of a planet's gravity_____________and as radius increases the strength of a planet's gravity ______________________.
decreases, increases
increases, decreases
stays the same, decreases
stays the same, inceases
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