Quiz about Science Flight Grade 6

Question 1

This force slows a plane down. It is caused by air friction.

Accepted Answer

Drag

Answer

Lift

Answer

Thrust

Answer

Weight

Question 2

What is an example of what forward force that can be produced by engines?

Accepted Answer

Thrust

Answer

Lift

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Drag

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Gravity

Question 3

Which Letter represents Gravity/Weight?

Accepted Answer

D

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A

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B

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C

Question 4

Another name for air resistance or fluid friction.

Accepted Answer

Drag

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Lift

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Thrust

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Gravity

Question 5

Which Letter represents Thrust?

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A

Answer

B

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C

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D

Question 6

Which Letter represents Drag?

Accepted Answer

C

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A

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B

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D

Question 7

This is the name of the force that tries to push an aircraft up.

Accepted Answer

Lift

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Thrust

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Weight

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Drag

Question 8

These two forces need to overcome their opposite force in order for an aircraft to fly.

Accepted Answer

Lift & Thrust

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Drag & Weight

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Thrust & Weight

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Lift & Drag

Question 9

Whose Principle is used to describe why flight is possible?

Accepted Answer

Bernoulli

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Newton

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Descartes

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Pascal

Question 10

Faster air movement over an airplane wing creates _________ pressure, which in turn allows lift.

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Lower

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Higher

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No

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Faster

Question 11

In order to move forward, you must have more  thrust than _______ to fly.

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Drag

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Thrust

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Lift

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Gravity

Question 12

What do parachutes rely on to fall to the ground more slowly?

Accepted Answer

Drag

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Lift

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Thrust

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Lift

Question 13

What does this image represent?

Accepted Answer

Bernoulli's Principle

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Lift

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Oxidation

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Drag

Question 14

The air ______ a wing tends to move faster than the air below it.

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Above

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Below

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Beside

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Inside

Question 15

When an airplane is taking off, lift is _______ than weight.

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greater than

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less than

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the same as

Question 16

A force that is always directed toward the center of the Earth.

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Gravity

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Thrust

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Lift

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Drag

Question 17

These provide lift for an aircraft. What are they?

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wings

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engines

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fuselages

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forces

Question 18

Gliders have engines.

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False

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True

Question 19

The study of air in motion.

Accepted Answer

Aerodynamics

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Gravity

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Air Pressure

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Thrust

Question 20

Which is NOT an adaptation that helps a bird fly?

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Skin

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Hallow Bones

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Feathers

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Wings

Question 21

A ____________ is a push or a pull on an object.

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force

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friction

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magnet

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gravity

Question 22

If these teams are pulling with the same amount of force what will happen?

Accepted Answer

They will not move at all.

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The boy in blue will win.

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The boy in red will win.

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Both will fall down.

Question 23

When mass increases then gravity

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Increases

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Decreases

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Stays the same

Question 24

Which has more gravitational force acting upon it?

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a train

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a bus

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a car

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a person

Question 25

A flat sloping surface that connects lower and higher elevations. It makes raising objects easier.

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inclined plane

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wedge

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screw

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lever

Question 26

An inclined plane wrapped around a rod forms this simple machine

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screw

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lever

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pulley

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wedge

Question 27

An inclined plane wrapped around a rod forms this simple machine

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screw

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lever

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pulley

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wedge

Question 28

A simple machine that consists a rigid bar that pivot about a fixed point

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lever

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pulley

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wheel and axle

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fulcrum

Question 29

Which are forces?

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thrust

Accepted Answer

drag

Accepted Answer

weight

Accepted Answer

lift

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air foil

Question 30

For a plane to go up, ______________ has to be greater than weight.

Accepted Answer

lift

Answer

drag

Answer

thrust

Question 31

For a plane to go forward, ____________ has to be greater than drag.

Accepted Answer

thrust

Answer

lift

Answer

weight

Question 32

For a plane to go forward, ____________ has to be greater than drag.

Accepted Answer

thrust

Answer

lift

Answer

weight

Question 33

What 2 forces work against a plane's ability to fly?

Accepted Answer

weight

Accepted Answer

drag

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lift

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thrust

Question 34

Lift is

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an upward pull.

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the downward force of gravity pulling on mass.

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resistance of air when an object moves through it.

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a forward force.

Question 35

Drag is

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resistance of air when an object moves through it.

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the downward force of gravity pulling on mass.

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a forward force.

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an upward pull.

Question 36

Thrust is

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a forward force.

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the downward force of gravity pulling on mass.

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resistance of air when an object moves through it.

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an upward pull.

Question 37

Weight is

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the downward force of gravity pulling on mass.

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resistance of air when an object moves through it.

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a forward force.

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an upward pull.

Question 38

What shape is a wing's airfoil most related to?

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a bird

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a kite

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a jet

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a rocket

Question 39

Airfoils help because it provides less _______________ and more _________________.

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drag, lift

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weight, drag

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lift, drag

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weight, thrust

Question 40

What word best describes this shape?

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airfoil

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airplane

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airway

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airon

Question 41

If an airplane engine cut out mid air, which force would decrease almost immediately?

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thrust

Answer

drag

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gravity

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lift

Question 42

What are the the properties of air (select all that apply)

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Air has mass (weight)

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Air takes up space

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Air insulates

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Air can exert a force

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Air expands

Question 43

Mass is...

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The amount of matter in an object or substance

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How much something weighs on a scale

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Something you go to every Sunday

Question 44

Weight is the force of gravity pulling on a mass?

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True

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False

Question 45

Gravity is what kind of force?

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Downwards

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Upwards

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Backwards

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Forwards

Question 46

Drag is what kind of force?

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Backwards

Answer

Upwards

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Downwards

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Forwards

Question 47

Lift is what kind of force?

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Upwards

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Downwards

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Backwards

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Forwards

Question 48

The three main factors that contribute to the flight of airplanes are:

Accepted Answer

Thrust, angle of attack and airfoil shape

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Gravity, drag and air pressure

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Newton's Three Laws

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None of the above

Question 49

The 4 forces of flight are...

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Gravity, Drag, Lift, Thrust

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Forwards, Backwards, Upwards, Downwards

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Torsion, Tension, Shear and Compression

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Air has mass (weight), Air takes up space, Air expands, and Air can exert a force

Question 50

What is Aerodynamics?

Accepted Answer

The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air

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A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of it's lift

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A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors

Question 51

What is Aeronautics ?

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The study or practice of travel through air

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A glider designed for sustained flight

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A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors

Question 52

What is an Airplane?

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A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of it's lift

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The study or practice of travel through air

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A large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air, with a basket for passengers hanging from it

Question 53

What is an Airplane?

Accepted Answer

A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of it's lift

Answer

The study or practice of travel through air

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A large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air, with a basket for passengers hanging from it

Question 54

What does an Aerospace Engineer do?

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Design machines that fly

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To set or thrust into motion

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A glider designed for sustained flight

Question 55

What is Astronautics?

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The art and science of designing, building, and operating manned or unmanned space objects

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A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors

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An aircraft with floats or skies instead of wheels, designed to land on and take off from water

Question 56

What are Drones?

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Robotic aircraft, used extensively by the military

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A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors

Answer

The study or practice of travel through air

Question 57

What is an example of what forward force that can be produced by engines?

Accepted Answer

Thrust

Answer

Lift

Answer

Drag

Answer

Gravity

Question 58

How many types of friction are there?

Accepted Answer

4

Answer

2

Answer

6

Answer

8

Question 59

Another name for air resistance or fluid friction.

Accepted Answer

Drag

Answer

Lift

Answer

Thrust

Answer

Gravity

Question 60

Which Letter represents Thrust?

Accepted Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

C

Answer

D

Question 61

Kinetic Friction

Accepted Answer

Moving Friction

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Not Moving Friction

Question 62

Which Letter represents Lift?

Accepted Answer

B

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A

Answer

C

Answer

D

Question 63

What is this an example of?

Accepted Answer

Friction

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Flight

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Gravity

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Curved Path

Question 64

The farther apart objects become the amount of gravity increases.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

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