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Name Date Class<br />

2<br />

10 Gravity<br />

<strong>Study</strong> Guide<br />

Gravity<br />

Directions: Answer the following questions on the lines provided.<br />

Chapter<br />

3<br />

1. What is gravity?<br />

2. What are two things that the amount of gravitational force between two objects depends on?<br />

3. Why does Earth exert a stronger gravitational force than the Moon?<br />

4. If an object weighs 40 N on Earth, would it weigh more than 40 N on the Moon? Explain.<br />

Directions: Use the diagrams below to complete the following questions.<br />

Dry road<br />

Icy road<br />

5. What is the centripetal force that allows a car to move around a sharp curve in a roadway?<br />

6. Draw an arrow on the bottom diagram to show the movement of the car if the centripetal force<br />

of the road and car is not enough to overcome the car’s inertia when it reaches point B.<br />

7. Explain how you know the car is accelerating when it reaches point A in the first diagram.<br />

A<br />

B<br />

Copyright © Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

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