Question

A spacecraft is flying away from the moon toward earth. The moon's gravitational pull on the spacecraft will ___________.

Question 3 options:

increase


decrease


repel the spacecraft

remain the same

Answer 1

As the spacecraft is flying away from the moon, the moon's gravitational pull on the spacecraft will **decrease**. Gravitational force decreases with distance; as the spacecraft moves farther away from the moon, the strength of the moon's gravitational pull on it will diminish.