Gravity and Weight

The weight of a person in a balloon differs from its weight on Earth's surface.

As distance between two objects increase the pull of gravity 

• Increases

• Decreases

• Stays the same

The mass of an object ___________ as it moves away from the center of Earth

• stays the same

• decreases

• increases

• doubles

The weight of an object _________ as it moves away from the center of Earth.

• increases

• stays the same

• triples

• decreases

As mass increases, what happens to gravitational force?

• increases

• decreases

• stays the same

• i don't know

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The force of gravity on Jupiter is a little more than 2 times the gravitational force on Earth. If an object has a mass of 50 kg and a weight of 490 N on Earth, what would be the object's approximate mass and weight on Jupiter?

• 50 kg and 490 N

• 100 kg and 490 N

• 50 kg and 980 N

• 100 kg and 980 N

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Why can astronauts jump and float a little on the Moon?

• Because the Moon's gravity is NOT that STRONG.

• Because the Moon's gravity is VERY STRONG. 

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Which objects have a STRONG force of gravity?

• Objects with GREATER mass, like elephants

• Objects with LESS mass, like mice

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If Earth's mass was cut in half, what would happen to your mass?

• increase because gravitational force increases

• decrease because gravitational force decreases

• decrease because gravitational force increases

• nothing, mass is not affected by gravitational force

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Gravity attracts all objects towards one another.

• False

• True

• It depends

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