Question

An unnamed spacecraft leaves for Venus. Which statements about the spacecrafts journey are true?

A)The weight of the spacecraft keeps changing
B)The mass of the spacecraft keeps changing
C)The weight of the spacecraft remains the same
D)the mass of the spacecraft remains the same
E)the gravitational pull on the spacecraft remains the same

Answer 1

A) The weight of the spacecraft keeps changing, because its distance from Earth is changing.

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B) The mass of the spacecraft keeps changing, because it's burning fuel. If it were not firing its engines and losing fuel, then its mass wouldn't change no matter where it goes.