What DOes Gravity DO?

What is gravity?

• It is something that helps to push things over an edge.

• A force that pulls on objects but does not push on them.

• A force that makes builds things

• IT is a special force field type of force that stops things from coming in .

Wherever you are on the planet, Earth's gravity pulls you

• Towards the Earth's center.

• Towards the sky.

• Towards the ocean.

• Towards the sun

A streak of light that a falling meteoroid produces is called a

• meteoroid

• meteorite

• meteor

• comet

When a meteoroid hits the Earth, it is called a

• comet

• meteoroid

• meteor

• meteorite

Where does a meteoroid come from?

• Sun

• It is a rock floating in space

• Saturn

• Volcano

Gravity is strongest at the Earth's surface.

• True

• False

True or false. Larger objects have weaker gravity than smaller objects.

• True

• False

Which of the following has the strongest gravity?

• Sun

• Moon

• Earth

Why are we pulled toward the Earth's center instead of the sun's?

• Everything in the universe is pulled towards the Earth's center.

• The Earth's gravity is stronger than the sun's.

• The moon pull's on the Earth more than the sun.

• The sun is so far away from the Earth, its gravity pulls on objects on Earth less than than Earth's gravity does.

A curved path an object makes around another object is called

• a rotation

• a highway

• an orbit

• an asteroid