Ms Ps2 4

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Science
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8th Grade
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Hard
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Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 12 pts
An apple falling from a tree is influenced by gravity because it has mass.
True
Sometimes
False
Never
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2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Imagine you are studying the planets in our solar system. What 2 factors would affect the force of gravity that you would feel if you were standing on the surface of one of these planets?
The planet's mass and your inertia
The planet's mass and your distance from the planet's center
Your distance from the planet's center and your inertia
The planet's mass and the force of gravity on the planet
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3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Imagine you are an astronaut in space and you observe a star's mass contracting into an area so small and the gravitational force at the surface becoming so large that even light cannot escape the surface. What would you say the star has become?
a black hole
neutron star
a pulsar
a super Nova
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4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
If you were to weigh a chunk of Earth and a chunk of the Moon of the same size, which would be heavier?
Chunk of Earth
Chunk of Moon
They weigh the same
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5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
If an astronaut dropped a hammer on both the Earth and the Moon, where would the hammer fall with a STRONGER force of gravity?
Earth
Moon
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2
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6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Imagine you are standing on a weighing scale on Earth and suddenly Earth's mass gets cut in half. What would happen to your weight?
It would increase because the gravitational force increases
It would decrease because the gravitational force decreases
It would decrease because the gravitational force increases
It would increase because the gravitational force decreases
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NGSS.MS-PS2-4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Imagine you are observing the night sky. Which best describes why you see the moon moving around the Earth, according to General Relativity?
The Earth's gravitational force pulls on the moon, causing it to orbit
The Earth's gravitational force pushes on the moon, causing it to orbit
The moon orbits because it moves around the curvature in spacetime created by the Earth's mass
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2
NGSS.MS-PS2-4
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