Mission CG6 Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation

Mission CG6 contains questions that target your understanding of the law of universal gravitation and the variable that affect the gravitational forces between masses. The mission consists of 32 questions organized into 8 Question Groups. You must answer one question from each Question Group to complete the mission. The learning outcomes for this mission are ...

• The student should be able to recognize key elements of Newton's law of universal gravitation.
• The student should be able to identify the variables effecting the force of gravity and predict the effect of alterations in these variables upon the force of gravity.

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• Why is Newton's law of gravitation referred to as universal gravitation?
• Are there any objects which do not experience universal gravitation?
• What significance (if any) did the apple play in Newton's discovery of gravitation?
• What quantities effect the force of gravitational attraction between two objects?
• What effect does object mass have upon the gravitational forces between two objects?
• What effect does separation distance have upon the gravitational forces between two objects?
• How can the inverse square law be applied to gravitational forces?

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Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation