On which of the following objects, all sitting on the ground together, does Earth exert a greater gravitational pull than a pencil? Check all that apply.
A. A basketball
B. A toothpick
C. A truck
D. A piece of paper
E. Your hand

Which statements identify what astronomers currently know and think will happen with our universe? check all that apply. the big bang produced dark energy, which accounts for some of the energy needed to expand the universe. the vastness of space may contain a type of matter known as "dark matter." the universe is currently shrinking at a rapid rate. the universe is currently expanding at an accelerating rate. the big bang theory explains all the energy and matter discovered by scientists.