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


remain the same

repel the spacecraft

Answer 1

As the spacecraft flies away from the moon toward Earth, the moon's gravitational pull on the spacecraft will **decrease**. This is because gravitational force is inversely related to the square of the distance between two objects; as the distance increases, the gravitational pull decreases.