Directions: The picture below shows four hikers climbing a mountain. Use the picture to answer the question that follows.

Keisha is at the top.
Joe is in the middle.
Callie and Jerry are at the bottom.

The hikers want to know whether Callie or Jerry is feeling the most pull from Earth's gravity. How can this be determined?

(1 point)
Responses

by determining which person has the most mass, because they will have more gravitational pull
by determining which person has the most mass, because they will have more gravitational pull

by determining which person is faster, because they will have less gravitational pull
by determining which person is faster, because they will have less gravitational pull

by determining which person is stronger, because they will have less gravitational pull
by determining which person is stronger, because they will have less gravitational pull

by determining which person has the most volume, because they will have more gravitational pull
by determining which person has the most volume, because they will have more gravitational pull

1 answer

The correct response is:

by determining which person has the most mass, because they will have more gravitational pull.

This is based on the fact that gravitational force depends on mass; the more mass an object has, the stronger the gravitational pull it exerts.