Matter In Motion - Gravity:A Force of Attraction
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| What is the simplest way to find an object's center? | spin it
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| What happens to the force of gravity between two objects as the distance between them increases? | it decreases
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| What is the force of gravity directly related to? | it is directly related to the amount of mass of the objects
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| What is all mass affected by? | gravity
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| What does all matter have? | mass
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| When is the gravitational pull greater between two objects? | when they have greater masses
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| What is mass? | a measure of the amount of matter
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| A student has a weight of 420 N on Earth. What is the student's weight on the moon? | 70 N
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| What is the law of universal gravitation? | gravitational force related to mass and distance
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| What can change with its location? | an object weight
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| What is the force that pulls everything toward Earth's center? | Earth's gravity
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| How much does a unit of mass weigh? | a kilogram
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| What is the difference between mass and weight? | Mass is the amount of matter in an object; weight is a measure of the gravitational force on an object
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| What must you know in order to determine the gravitational force between two objects? | their masses and distance between them
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| Where would you weigh the most, on a boat, on a space shuttle, or on the moon? | on a boat
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| What is weight? | a measure of the gravitational force exerted on an object
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| What is gravity? | a force attraction between objects that is due to their masses and the distance between the objects
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| What is center of mass? | the point at which an object's total mass can be considered concentrated
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| What changes when gravitational force changes? | weight
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| What would be your mass if you moved to Jupiter? | unchanged
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| What would be your weight if you moved to Jupiter? | changed
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