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Lesson Check Answer Key - Gravitational Force

The document is an answer key for a lesson check on gravitational force, containing multiple-choice questions and explanations regarding gravitational interactions, mass, and weight. It emphasizes the differences between contact and noncontact forces, and how gravitational force varies with mass and distance. Additionally, it includes an extended-response rubric for evaluating student understanding of gravitational concepts.

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Lesson Check Answer Key - Gravitational Force

The document is an answer key for a lesson check on gravitational force, containing multiple-choice questions and explanations regarding gravitational interactions, mass, and weight. It emphasizes the differences between contact and noncontact forces, and how gravitational force varies with mass and distance. Additionally, it includes an extended-response rubric for evaluating student understanding of gravitational concepts.

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Answer Key with Questions

Lesson Check: Gravitational Force

1) There is a gravitational force between you and your desk. This gravitational force is very
small because _____.

A) the masses are tiny compared to Earth's mass


B) it doesn’t need to be large
C) the distance between the objects is small
D) it is a noncontact force

Correct Answer
A) the masses are tiny compared to Earth's mass

2) Mass and weight are different. Mass depends on _____. Weight depends on _____.

A) gravitational force, the amount of matter


B) placement, force
C) force, placement
D) the amount of matter, gravitational force

Correct Answer
D) the amount of matter, gravitational force

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3) Which of the following is most closely related to gravity?

A) distance
B) mass
C) weight
D) speed

Correct Answer
C) weight

4) If the mass of one of two spheres increases, how does it affect the gravity between the
two spheres?

A) The gravity increases.


B) The gravity decreases.
C) The gravity fluctuates.
D) The gravity is not affected.

Correct Answer
A) The gravity increases.

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5) Gravity is an example of which kind of force?

A) contact
B) noncontact
C) speed
D) direction

Correct Answer
B) noncontact

6) Gravitational force differs based on two things. It increases with increasing


. It decreases with increasing .

Correct Answer
mass
distance

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Lesson Check: Gravitational Force

7) Describe the difference between contact and noncontact forces.

Correct Answer
Answers may vary.

Explanation

Objects that exert contact forces must touch. Noncontact forces can act at a distance
without the objects touching.

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Lesson Check: Gravitational Force

8) An object’s weight is _____ its mass.

A) equal to
B) less than
C) proportional to
D) not related to

Correct Answer
C) proportional to

9) A planet is discovered that has twice the mass of Earth but the same gravitational
acceleration. If you weigh 700 N on Earth, on the new planet you would weigh ____.

A) 350 N
B) 700 N
C) 1,400 N
D) 2,800 N

Correct Answer
B) 700 N

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10) Mass varies depending on where the object is located. _______________

True

False

Correct Answer
False

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Lesson Check: Gravitational Force

11) This diagram shows three models that represent the gravitational force, F, between
objects.

a. Describe how the models represent a gravitational force as an attractive force.

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b. Make a claim about the effect of mass on the gravitational force between objects.
Support your claim with evidence from the models.

Correct Answer
Answers may vary.

Explanation

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a. The arrows in the models represent the direction of gravitational force. The arrows are
pointing from one object to another object, meaning that the two objects are being pulled
toward each other, which is an attractive force.
b. Gravitational force increases as the mass of the objects increases. The model shows the
gravitational force increased from F to 2F when the mass of one object increased from X to
2X. The model also shows the gravitational force increased from F to 4F when the mass of
both objects increased from X to 2X.

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Extended-Response Rubric
PE: MS-PS2-4: Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational
interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
Level of
Evidence of Understanding
Understanding
Student response provides clear evidence of using the dimensions* to make sense
of scientific phenomena and/or to design solutions to problems. Student is able to:
Demonstrating ▪ describe how the models represent a gravitational force as an attractive force;
3 Expected
Understanding AND
▪ make a claim about the effect of mass on the gravitational force between objects
and support the claim with evidence from the models.

Student response provides partial evidence of using the dimensions* to make


sense of scientific phenomena and/or to design solutions to problems. The
Progressing response lacks some critical information and details or contains some errors.
2 toward Student is able to:
Understanding ▪ describe how the models represent a gravitational force as an attractive force;
OR
▪ make a claim about the effect of mass on the gravitational force between objects
and support the claim with evidence from the models.
Beginning
Student response is incomplete or provides minimal evidence of using the
1 to Develop
dimensions* to make sense of scientific phenomena and/or to design solutions to
Understanding
problems.
Student does not respond or student response is inaccurate, irrelevant, or contains
Not Showing
0 insufficient evidence of using the dimensions* to make sense of scientific
Understanding
phenomena and/or to design solutions to problems.
*As outlined in the Performance Expectations (PE) of the NGSS, the three dimensions are the disciplinary core ideas (DCI), science and
engineering practices (SEP), and crosscutting concepts (CCC). Note that due to the complexity of the PEs, individual assessment items
may not address all three dimensions.

Scoring Notes:
Possible answers include:
a. The arrows in the models represent the direction of gravitational force. The arrows are pointing from
one object to another object, meaning that the two objects are being pulled toward each other, which
is an attractive force.
b. Gravitational force increases as the mass of the objects increases. The model shows the gravitational
force increased from F to 2F when the mass of one object increased from X to 2X. The model also
shows the gravitational force increased from F to 4F when the mass of both objects increased from X to
2X.

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