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What is the full name of the scientist that discovered gravity?
Issac Newton
True or False: Gravity only pulls - it never repels.
True.
Gravity makes oceans...
Gravity bends...
light.
True or False: Gravity is weaker the farther an object is.
True.
Fish have calcium deposits or stones in their heads that tell them...
Which way is up through feeling gravity's pull.
The force of gravity only acts in one direction. True or False?
Flase. There is a force of gravity between any two objects, which could be in any direction.
To leave Earth's gravitational pull behind, an object must travel...
7 miles per second.
I am having a tug-of-war with "Big Z," the world's strongest man. Who experiences a greater force tugging on the rope? Me or Big Z?
They are the same! (Newton's Third Law)
The lack of gravity in space makes astronauts grow...
2 inches.
Gravity is measured in...
G-force (gravitational force.)
True or False: The closer something is, the weaker the gravity is.
False.
In the center of the Earth, you would feel...
weightless.
These are the two variables that affect the force of gravity.
Mass and distance.
Newton almost gave up on his...
education. But he did not give up in the end!
True or False: The higher something is, the greater its gravitational potential energy.
True
The higher something is, the _______ its gravitational potential energy.
greater