Pounds per planet.(READ A GRAPH)(gravity)(Brief article)

From: WR News, Senior Edition (including Science Spin) | Date: September 14, 2007 | Copyright information

Gravity keeps people and objects close to Earth's surface. The stronger a planet's gravity is, the more those objects weigh. This graph shows how much a 65-pound child would weigh on each planet.

1. On which two planets would a child weigh the same?

(A) Earth and Uranus (B) Saturn and Venus (C) Mercury and Mars

2. How much more would a child weigh on Neptune than on Mars?

(A) 48 pounds (B) 3? pounds (C) 26 pounds

3. About how much heavier would a child be on Jupiter than on Neptune?

(A) twice as heavy (B) four times as heavy (C) six times as heavy

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