7 - GRAVITATION
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Practice Questions
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What is the gravitational force?
💡 Hint: Think of how objects are pulled toward Earth.
Define escape speed.
💡 Hint: Consider a rocket launching into space.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the effect of increasing distance between two masses on their gravitational attraction?
💡 Hint: Think about how distance influences the pull you feel from gravity.
True or False: Kepler's laws apply to the motion of all planets.
💡 Hint: Recall how Kepler's laws were formulated.
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Challenge Problems
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Calculate the gravitational force between two objects of masses 2 kg and 3 kg placed 1 meter apart.
💡 Hint: Remember to use the gravitational constant accurately.
Using the information that the radius of Earth is 6400 km, determine the change in gravitational pull at an altitude of 1000 km.
💡 Hint: Recall the formulas for g at different heights.
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