Gravity and the Formation of the Solar System

As distance between two objects increase the pull of gravity 

• Increases

• Decreases

• Stays the same

The law of universal gravitation is credited to whom?

• Einstein

• Galileo

• Darwin

• Newton

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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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An example of a gravitational interaction is that the Earth... 

• orbits the sun

• orbits the moon

• orbits other planets 

• None of the above 

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A person would weigh more on Jupiter than on the Earth because---

• Jupiter has less mass, and therefore less gravity

• Jupiter has more mass, and therefore less gravity.

• Jupiter has less mass, and therefore more gravity.

• Jupiter has more mass, and therefore more gravity

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As the mass of a star increases the gravity will _________

• increase

• decrease

• stay the same

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The gravitational forces from the center of the galaxy cause the stars and solar systems surrounding the galaxy to orbit.

• True

• False

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What keeps galaxies together?

• stars

• dust

• gravity

• dark matter

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As mass increases, what happens to gravitational force?

• increases

• decreases

• stays the same

• i don't know

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Put these in order....

1.  Gravity creates Planetesmials

2.  A cloud of dust and gas collapse into a Protostellar Disk

3.  Solar Nebula begins to implode due to gravity 

4.  Nuclear Fusion creates our sun.

• a. 1,4,2,3

• b. 3,1,2,4

• c. 3,2,4,1

• d. 4,2,1,3

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