Gravity (Centripetal Force)

What do we call the path of an object when it goes around another object?

• Orbit

• Free Fall

• Projectile Motion

• Terminal Velocity

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What is an unbalanced force that causes an object to move in a circular path called?

• Free Fall

• Projectile Motion

• Terminal Velocity

• Centripetal Force

When only the force of gravity is acting on an object, we say that the object is in ___________________________.

• Terminal Velocity

• Free Fall

• Projectile motion

• Centripetal Force

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

As mass increases, what happens to gravitational force?

• increases

• decreases

• stays the same

• i don't know

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

• increases

• decreases

• stays the same

• i don't know

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

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

• wieght

• force

• mass

• pounds

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The force of attraction between all things that have mass

• Gravity

• Weight

• Friction

• Air Resistance

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The force affecting an object in circular motion

• Attractivism

• Electromagnetism

• Reversechargism

• Centripetal Force

An object in circular motion is always accelerating

• True

• False

• Sometimes true

What is the force that keeps an object moving in a circular path?

• Centripetal Force

• Gravitational Force

• Frictional Force

• Magnetic Force