Universal Law of Gravitation

Universal Law of Gravitation

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What states that "every object in the universe attracts every other object"?

• Law of Universal Gravitation

• Newton's First Law of Motion

• Ms. Weary

• Inertia & gravity

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Gravity attracts all objects towards one another.

• False

• True

• It depends

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Which of the following is Newton's Law on Gravitation?

• F=Gm₁m₂/r

• F = Gm₁m₂/r²

• F = Gm₁m₂/2r

• F = m₁m₂/2r

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What does F_g represent?

• Force of gravity

• Acceleration of Gravity

• Gravitational motion

• 9.8 m/s²

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What does G represent?

• gravitational constant

• force of gravity

• gravitational pull

• acceleration of gravity

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What is the value of G?

• 9.8 x 10²

• 6.67x 10^-11

• 1.2 x 10^-11

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What do m1 and m2 represent ?

• the mass of the two interacting objects

• the weight of the two interacting objects

• the force of the two interacting object

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What is r equal to?

• the weight of object 1

• the distance between the two objects

• the radius between the two objects

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Two factors effecting the magnitude of the force of gravity between 2 objects are...

• mass and distance

• mass and matter

• distance and weight

• weight and mass

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Force of gravity is directly proportional to

• Mass

• Weight

• Distance

• Time

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Force of gravity is inversely proportional to

• Mass

• Weight

• Distance

• Time

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Gravity is the force objects put on each other because of their ______.

• Mass

• Friendliness

• Acceleration

• Speed

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What happens to Gravitational force if I double both of the masses but don't change their distance?

• doubles

• half as big

• 4x bigger

• 4x smaller

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If I double the mass of one object, but don't change anything else... What happens to the gravitational force between two objects?

• Doubles

• Quadruples

• Cut in Half

• 4x Smaller

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If I double the distance between two objects, what happens to their gravitational Force?

• 4x bigger

• 4x smaller

• 2x bigger

• 2x smaller

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Complete the following statement: The farther away two planets are the _______ the gravitational force between them.

• more

• same

• dosen't matter

• less

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Complete the following statement: The closer two planets are the _______ the gravitational force between them.

• more

• same

• dosen't matter

• less

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Two asteroids exert a gravitational force, F, on each other. Some time later, the asteroids are now three times as far from each other as before. Which of the following represents the gravitational force at this distance? 

• F/3
• F/2
• F/6
• F/9