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According to Newton's universal law of gravitation, the greater the masses of interacting objects
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THE GREATER THE GRAVITATIONAL FORCE BETWEEN THEM
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According to the universal law of gravitation, doubling the distance between two interacting objects
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DIVIDES BY 4 THE GRAVITATIONAL FORCE BETWEEN THEM
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What is the force of gravity on a 500-N woman standing on the Earth surface?
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500 N
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If the mass of the Earth somehow increased with no change of the radius, your weight would
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INCREASE ALSO
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Inside a freely falling elevator, there would be no
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APPARENT WEIGHT FOR YOU
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The Earth's gravitational field extends
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BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE EARTH AND THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE
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The direction of a gravitational field is
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IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE GRAVITATIONAL ATTRACTION
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A black hole is
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SIMPLY THE REMAINS OF A GIANT STAR THAT HAS UNDERGONE GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE
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an asteroid exerts a 360-N gravitational force on a nearby spacecraft. This force is directed
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TOWARD THE ASTEROID
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An asteroid exerts a 360-N gravitational force on a nearby spacecraft. If the spacegraft moves to a position three times as far from the center of the asteroid, in its new position the force will be
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40 N
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If the radius of the Earth somehow decreased with no change in mass, your weight would
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INCREASE
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If the Earth's mass decreased to one-half its original mass with no change in radius, then your weight would
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DECREASE TO ONE HALF YOUR ORIGINAL WEIGHT
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A galaxy-class spaceship of name Enterprise happened to suffer engine failure when it was at the position exactly halfway between the Earth and The Moon. With its engines shut off, Enterprise was
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FALLING TOWARDS THE EARTH
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A polar bear, who normally weighs 400 N, happened to climb up to the top of ridiculously tall ladder that was left on Earth by a passing by alien from Andromeda galaxy. The ladder was unbelievably tall, measuring one Earth's radius from the bottom to the top. How much did the bear weigh at the top of the ladder?
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100 N
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A very massive star A and a less massive star B move toward each other under influence of gravitation. Which force, if either, is greater?
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BOTH FORCES ARE THE SAME
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