Gravity

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What is gravity?

• Gravity is the force that pushes objects away from a planet's centre.

• Gravity is the force that causes objects to float in space.
• Gravity is the force that only affects objects on Earth.
• Gravity is the force by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its centre.

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What sort of force is gravity?

• a visible force

• an invisible force

• a colourful force

• a water force

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On Earth where does gravity pull everything?

• towards the sky

• it blows everything around

• towards the Earth

• up and down

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What goes up must ...............

• stay up

• go further up

• be a bird

• come down

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What does gravity do?

• stops us from flying into space

• helps us to fly

• pulls us sideways

• makes flowers grow

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When was Isaac Newton born?

• 1640

• 1642

• 1730

• 1742

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Where was Isaac Newton born?

• America

• England

• Ireland

• Italy

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What was Isaac Newton?

• a physcist, mathematician and scientist

• a physcist, dentist and scientist

• a scientist, dentist and mathematician

• a phuscist, mathematician and plumber

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What happened when Isaac was sitting under a tree?

• It started raining

• a bird flew on his shoulder

• an apple fell

• he picked an apple from a tree

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Why does the moon orbit the Earth?

• because of magnitisim

• because of gravity

• because it is a sphere

• because of electricity

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Where is gravity?

• only on Earth

• only on the moon

• nowhere

• everywhere

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Where does gravity work?

• only on the land

• only in the water

• only in the air

• on land, water and air

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Gravity pulls on....................

• only small objects

• only large objects

• small and large objects

• no objects

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Heavy objects

• have a stronger pull of gravity

• have a weaker pull of gravity

• have no pull of gravity

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Light objects

• have a stronger pull of gravity

• have a weaker pull of gravity

• have no pull of gravity

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When would a feather fall as fast as a golf ball?

• when it was on the moon

• when it was in a vacuum

• when it was a windy day

• if the golf ball was smaller

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Why does a feather fall slowly?

• because of air pressure

• because of gravity

• because it has come from a bird

• because it is small

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Air resistance is more powerful on ....................

• large objects

• light objects

• heavy objects

• spherical objects

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Where is gravity stronger?

• On Earth

• On the moon

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Where is gravity weaker?

• On Earth

• On the moon