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What is happening in the picture?
gravity
repulsion
pushing
attraction
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A measure of how much matter an object has is--
weight
gravity
mass
volume
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What is the definition of "weight"?measure of the force of gravity on your bodythe time it takes to get on a ridethe amount of matter in an objectthe size of an object
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On which celestial object (outer space) would your mass be the greatest?
Earth
Jupiter
Sun
Your mass doesn't change on different celestial objects
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.On which celestial object would you weigh the most?EarthJupiterSunYou would weigh the same on all celestial objects
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Why do all of the planets orbit the sun rather than Earth?
the sun has more mass
the sun is a star
the Earth is heavier
the sun is in the middle of the milky way
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.As an object's mass increases, its gravitational pull will ____________.decreaseincreasestay the sameget weaker
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.If an object has more mass, then it willweigh more.weigh less.weigh the same as an object with less mass.always have more volume than an object with less mass.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Why would you weigh less on the moon compared to Earth?less airless sunlightmore gravitational pullless gravitational pull
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.As distance between two objects increase the pull of gravityIncreasesDecreasesStays the same
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of the following never changes no matter where in the universe?weightforcemasspounds
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.As mass increases, what happens to gravitational force?increasesdecreasesstays the samei don't know
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which model has greater gravitational attraction (if any)Model AModel BBoth Model A and Model B (same gravity)
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which system has the greater gravitational attraction between the two objects (if any)?System ASystem BSame gravitational attraction fro System A and System B
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The gravitational force between Earth and the Sun causes ______.
Earth to orbit the Moon
Earth to orbit the Sun
Earth's atmosphere
the Moon to orbit Earth
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Differences in the moon's and sun's pull on different sides of the Earth cause _________.
gravity
thunderstorms
tides
Earth's orbit
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Gravity is a ______________ between objects and depends on mass and distance.
force
mass
release
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What do the red arrows symbolize?
The direction in which you would fall off of Earth.
The pull of Earth's gravity on objects to the center of the Earth.
The pull of the Moon's gravity on objects to the center of the Earth.
Where different continents are.