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Gravity and Motion
Study for your quiz on Gravity and Motion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Force | The push or pull |
| Gravity | The attraction of all objects toward each other. |
| Law of Universal Gravitation | Every object in the universe attracts every other object. |
| Mass | The amount of matter in an object. |
| weight | The force of gravity on an object. |
| inertia | The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion. |
| Newton's first law of motion | An object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion will sty in motion with a constant speed and direction unless acted on by a force. |
| The strength of gravity depends on... | The mass of an object and the distance. |
| The two factors that keep the Earth moving around the earth are? | Gravity and inertia |