Gravity and Energy

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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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The force of gravity acting on an object is the object's ______.

• Mass
• Matter
• Weight 
• Terminal velocity 

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

As the distance between 2 objects increases, what happens to gravitational force?

• It increases.
• It decreases.
• It stays the same.
• Only Mr. Silvio knows what will happen.

Which of the following will not change in different gravitational fields?

• weight
• force
• mass
• pounds

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is the rate at which Earth's gravity accelerates objects in free fall?

• 9.8 m/s²
• 3.14159 km/hr/s
• 13.7 m/s²
• 42 km/h/s

The main reason a baseball comes down when a boy tosses it up into the air is —

• magnetism is pulling the ball down

• the boy cannot see to catch it

• gravity is pulling down on the ball

• gravity pushes the ball in the air

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NGSS.5-PS2-1

As mass increases, what happens to the gravitational force?

• It increases.
• It decreases.
• It stays the same.
• It acts as a 3rd degree derivative function.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

When will the forces of gravity between two objects be the GREATEST?

• when the masses of both objects are small and the objects are far apart

• when the masses of both objects are large and the objects are close together

• when the masses of both objects are small and the objects are close together

• when the masses of both objects are large and the objects are far apart

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

When will the gravity between two objects be the LEAST?

• when the masses of both objects is small and the objects are close together

• when the masses of both objects is small and the objects are far apart

• when the masses of both objects is large and the objects are close together

• when the masses of both objects is large and the objects are far apart

When you drop a hammer and a feather, why does the feather fall slower?

• air resistance causes the feather to slow down

• gravity pulls harder on the hammer than the feather

• gravity pulls harder on the feather than the hammer

• air resistance causes the hammer to fall slower