Fill in the following blanks with suitable words:
(a) The acceleration due to gravity on the moon is about .................... of that on the earth.
(b) In order that the force of gravitation between two bodies may become noticeable and cause motion, one of the bodies must have an extremely large .......................
(c) The weight of an object on the earth is about .............. of its weight on the moon.
(d) The weight of an object on the moon is about ..................... of its weight on the earth.
(e) The value of g on the earth is about ............... of that on the moon.
(f) If the weight of a body is 6 N on the moon, it will be about................on the earth.
(a) The acceleration due to gravity on the moon is about one-sixth of that on the earth.
(b) so that the force of gravitation between two bodies may become noticeable and cause motion, one of the bodies must have an extremely large mass.
(c) The weight of an object on the earth is about six times its weight on the moon.
(d) The weight of an object on the moon is about one-sixth of its weight on the earth.
(e) The value of $g$ on the earth is about six times that on the moon.
(f) If the weight of a body is 6 N on the moon, it will be about 36 N on the earth.
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