Question

The video shows a collapsing cloud of interstellar gas, which is held together by the mutual gravitational attraction of all the atoms and molecules that make up the cloud. As the cloud collapses, the overall force of gravity draws the cloud inward __________ because __________.

(Blank 1) gradually becomes stronger
(Blank 1) gradually becomes weaker
(Blank 1) stays constant at all times
(Blank 2) the strength of gravity follows an inverse square law with distance
(Blank 2) the mass of the cloud increases as it collapses
(Blank 2) the total gravitational force is a conserved quantity

Answer 1

the overall force of gravity draws the cloud inward gradually becomes stronger because the strength of gravity follows an inverse square law with distance

Step-by-step explanation:

gravity is stronger the closer the two objects are, the formula is

G * M1 * M2 / r^2

G being a constant, M1 and M2 being the mass of the two objects and r being the distance between them