Gravity and Weight

What is weight?

• The measure of how HEAVY something is.

• The measure of how much GRAVITY is pulling on an object.

• BOTH answers are correct.

• None of them.

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Which has more mass, Earth or the Moon?

• Earth

• Moon

• The same

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Which force holds the planets and moons of the solar system in orbit?

• friction

• resistance

• gravity

• effort

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What does this tool measure?

• weight

• meters

• mass

• force

The scientific unit of weight is

• Kg

• N

• pounds

• Kgm/s

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If the mass of an object is 1000 kg on Earth, what is it's mass on the moon?

• 10kg

• 100kg

• 1000kg

• 10,000kg

Gravity can be defined as the –

• force of attraction between two or more masses.

• friction created when two objects are in contact.

• energy given off by stars due to nuclear reactions.

• path an object follows as it moves through space.

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The force that causes objects with mass to attract to one another:

• Weight

• Mass

• Gravity

• Magnetism

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As distance between two objects increases, the pull of gravity 

• Increase

• decrease

• stays the same

• has not effect

Which of the following will NOT change in different gravities?

• Weight

• force

• mass

• pounds