Gravity and the Formation of the Solar System

What two factors affects gravitational force?

• nothing affects gravity

• size and shape

• size and distance

• shape and distance

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Objects (or planets) with MORE mass have __________ gravitational pull.

• MORE

• LESS

• EQUAL

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Objects (or planets) with LESS mass have __________ gravitational pull.

• MORE

• LESS

• EQUAL

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A force of attraction between any two objects is called _____________.

• static electricity 

• rotation

• gravity

• orbit

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What is an orbit?

• The quickest way to get from one place to another.

• How fast an object orbits around the sun.

• The path an object takes as it moves around another object, such as the Earth around the Sun.

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Gravity depends on which two factors?

• weight and mass

• mass and distance

• weight and distance

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An object that has a lot of mass will have

• A little bit of gravity

• A lot of gravity

• No gravity whatsoever

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The gravitational force of the sun causes the planets to orbit around it.

• True

• False

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As the distance between two objects in space increases the gravity will _______________

• increase

• decrease

• stay the same

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A starship approaches a planet.  As the ship gets closer the gravitational attraction will

• Increase between the planet and starship

• Decrease between the planet and starship

• Stay the same

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