Question

Select each correct answer. More than one answer may be correct. Which of the following objects exerts a gravitational force?
Responses:
the Moon
the Sun
a basketball
an apple
the Earth

Answer 1

the Moon
the Sun
a basketball
an apple
the Earth

Answer 2

The Moon, the Sun, and the Earth exert gravitational forces.

Answer 3

The correct answers are: the Moon, the Sun, and the Earth. They all exert gravitational forces on other objects. A basketball and an apple also have gravitational forces, but their strengths are negligible compared to the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon, the Sun, and the Earth.