Law of Gravitation

What keeps the planets in orbit around the sun?

• gravity

• friction

• density

• distance

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The law of universal gravitation is credited to whom?

• Einstein

• Galileo

• Darwin

• Newton

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As mass increases, what happens to gravitational force?

• increases

• decreases

• stays the same

• i don't know

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Which system has the greater gravitational attraction between the two objects (if any)?

• System A

• System B

• Same gravitational attraction fro System A and System B

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Which statement about gravity is true?

• gravity causes objects to pull towards one another

• gravity causes objects to push away from each other

• gravity only takes place between planets

• the moon doesn't have any gravity

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When will the gravity between two objects be the LEAST?

• when the masses of both objects is small and the objects are close together

• when the masses of both objects is small and the objects are far apart

• when the masses of both objects is large and the objects are close together

• when the masses of both objects is large and the objects are far apart

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What two things determine the gravity of an object?

• mass & weight

• mass & distance

• density & mass

• volume & distance

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

• weight

• force

• mass

• pounds

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Any object with mass has gravity.

• True

• Sometimes

• False

• Never

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As distance between two objects increase the pull of gravity 

• Increases

• Decreases

• Stays the same