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Gravity on the Moon is ___ that of the Earth.

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weaker than

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double than

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triple than

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equal to

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Solution

The correct option is A weaker than
Gravity on the Moon is weaker than that of the Earth.
This is because Moon is less massive than Earth. A body's surface gravity is proportional to its mass.

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