6 - Gravitation
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Practice Questions
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Define gravitation in your own words.
💡 Hint: Think about why objects fall towards the ground.
What unit is weight measured in?
💡 Hint: Recall Newton's second law of motion.
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What is the primary force that governs the motion of planets?
💡 Hint: Think about why planets orbit.
True or False: An object's mass changes depending on its location.
💡 Hint: Recall the definitions of mass and weight.
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Calculate the gravitational force between two objects with masses of 100 kg and 200 kg, located 5 meters apart.
💡 Hint: Use the formula for the gravitational force and plug in the appropriate values.
An object weighs 80 N on Earth. If taken to a place where gravity is 4 m/s², what would it weigh?
💡 Hint: Remember that weight is mass times gravitational acceleration.
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