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Gravitational Forces

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  • Mass is the same as weight. T or F
    False
  • What is the attractive force between all objects in the universe called?
    Gravity
  • Mass never changes no matter where in the universe? T or F
    True
  • As an object's mass increases, its gravitational pull will ____________.
    increase
  • Why would you weigh less on the moon compared to Earth?
    less gravitational pull
  • A push or pull that can change the motion of an object
    Force
  • There is no gravity in space.T or F
    false
  • What is the SI unit for measuring mass?
    Kilogram
  • As mass increases, what happens to gravitational force?
    increases
  • The amount of attraction between two objects which are not in contact with each other is known as the _________.
    Gravitational force
  • A measure of how much matter an object has is--
    mass
  • If a tennis ball, a baseball, and a golf ball are dropped together from a high place, which ball will land first? (Assume there is no air resistance.)
    They will land at the same time.
  • measure of the force of gravity on your body
    weight
  • As distance between two objects _____________ the pull of gravity
    Decreases
  • If a feather and a hammer are dropped at the same time on the moon, where there is no atmosphere, which one will hit the ground first?
    both will hit at the same time
  • The force of gravity increases as the masses of objects decreases? T or F
    False
  • Mass is the same as weight.
    False
  • As distance increases, what happens to gravitational force?
    decreases
  • both will hit at the same time
    moon's mass is less
  • Acceleration due to gravity on or near the surface of planet earth
    9.8 m/s2