Question

11. What would happen to the force between Earth and the sun if the mass of the sun tripled?(1 point)
Responses

The force would decrease
The force would decrease

The force would be tripled
The force would be tripled

The force would stay the same
The force would stay the same
Question 12
12. What happens to the acceleration of an object as the mass of an object increases?(1 point)
Responses

Stays the same
Stays the same

Increases
Increases

Decreases
Decreases
Question 13
13. When would the force of gravity between two objects grow stronger?(1 point)
Responses

When the objects slow down
When the objects slow down

When the objects speed up
When the objects speed up

When the objects get closer to each other
When the objects get closer to each other

When the objects get further away from each other
When the objects get further away from each other
Question 14
14. What force pulls planets into a curved path when they are orbiting the sun?(1 point)
Responses

Acceleration
Acceleration

Centripetal force
Centripetal force

Gravity
Gravity

Mass

Answer 1

Here are the answers to your questions:

**Question 11**: What would happen to the force between Earth and the sun if the mass of the sun tripled?
- **Response**: The force would be tripled.
(The gravitational force is given by Newton's law of gravitation, which states that the force \( F \) is proportional to the product of the masses of the objects: \( F = G \frac{m_1 m_2}{r^2} \). If the mass of the sun triples, the force of gravity between the Earth and the sun would also triple.)

**Question 12**: What happens to the acceleration of an object as the mass of an object increases?
- **Response**: Decreases.
(According to Newton's second law, \( F = ma \) (force equals mass times acceleration). If the mass increases while the force remains constant, the acceleration must decrease.)

**Question 13**: When would the force of gravity between two objects grow stronger?
- **Response**: When the objects get closer to each other.
(The gravitational force increases as the distance between two objects decreases, following the inverse square law in Newton's law of universal gravitation.)

**Question 14**: What force pulls planets into a curved path when they are orbiting the sun?
- **Response**: Gravity.
(Gravity is the force that causes planets to follow curved paths around the sun, as it pulls them toward the sun while they also have a forward motion.)

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