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Grade 9 Energy and Momentum
Grade 12 Physics
What happens to the gravitational potential energy of an object as it falls in a gravitational field?
  1. It decreases and converts into kinetic energy.
  2. It increases as the object moves closer to the ground.
  3. It remains constant throughout the fall.
  4. It becomes negative when the object is in motion.
Grade 9 Forces and Motion
What is gravitational acceleration?
  1. acceleration due to gravity
  2. acceleration due to air resistance
  3. acceleration due to velocity
  4. acceleration due to speed
Grade 6 Outer Planets
How was Neptune mathematically discovered?
  1. due to the gravitational pull on Uranus
  2. due to the tilt of Uranus
  3. due to the gravitational forces on and tilt on Uranus
  4. due to gravitational pull on Pluto
Grade 7 Forces and Motion
Grade 6 The Moon
The gravitational force of the Moon on Earth's oceans is stronger than the gravitational force of the Sun because the
  1. Moon is smaller than the Sun.
  2. Sun is made of only gas.
  3. Moon is closer to Earth than the Sun.
  4. Moon's craters attract water.
Grade 8 Physics
The universal law of gravitation applies to                                     .
  1. for solar system only
  2. small bodies only
  3. all bodies regardless of their sizes
  4. non-livings
Grade 9 Forces and Motion
What effect does distance have on the strength of the force of gravity?
  1. Smaller the distance, the weaker the gravitational pull
  2. distance and force are not related
  3. greater the distance, the weaker the gravitational pull
  4. greater the distance, the stronger the gravitational pull
Grade 8 Physics
Gravitational potential energy increases as                   .
  1. mass decreases
  2. distance decreases
  3. height increases
  4. velocity increases
Grade 8 Physics
Gravitational potential energy increases as                   .
  1. mass decreases
  2. distance decreases
  3. height increases
  4. velocity increases
Grade 11 Motion in Two- and Three-Dimensions
Grade 12 Physics
According to Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation, the gravitational force between two objects is directly proportional to:
  1. The product of their masses.
  2. The square of the distance between their centers.
  3. The difference in their masses.
  4. The cube of the distance between their centers.
Grade 6 Planetary Motion
Grade 6 Energy and Momentum
Which of the following is NOT an example of potential energy?
  1. gravitational
  2. kinetic
  3. elastic
  4. chemical
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