Group 1. Force of Gravity

This force attracts all objects toward each other.

• Newton

• weight

• gravity

• path

The law of universal gravitation is credited to whom?

• Einstein

• Rose

• Beckett

• Newton

Which of the following scenarios is example of Newton's 1st Law of Motion at work?

• Blowing air into a balloon and releasing it

• Earth's orbit around the Sun

• A soccer ball accelerates farther than bowling when the same force is applied.

• A car crashes into a wall and is pushed backwards

What two main factors keep a planet in motion?

• mass and size

• weight and mass

• gravity and inertia

• force and motion

The amount of matter in an object is what?

• pressure

• neutrinos

• weight

• mass

Objects cannot move without

• Force

• Strength

• Sun

• Wind

Which law of Newton says an object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion will stay in motion.

• First

• Second

• Third

• Fourth

The force of gravity on an object is called what?

• pressure

• weight

• mass

• force

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

• mass and distance

• distance and weight

• mass and matter

• weight and mass

As distance between two objects increase the pull of gravity .......

• Increases

• Stays the same

• Decreases

• None of the above