5-PS2-1: Gravity

What force pulls everything toward the ground, including you?

• gravity

• friction

• elasticity

• electrical force

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Which English scientist was the first person to seriously study gravity?

• Michael Faraday
• Charles Darwin
• Albert Einstein
• Isaac Newton

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Which type of objects are pulled toward Earth?

• only apples
• only light objects
• only heavy objects
• all objects

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An object with mass has gravity.

• True
• False 

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Look at the picture.  Is the force of gravity on the boy a push or a pull? 

• Pull
• Push

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A boy throws a baseball up in the air. Why does the baseball fall back down to the ground?

• the mass of the baseball decreases, causing it to fall

• the weight of the ball causes the ball to fall

• the force of gravity causes the ball to fall

• the density of the ball causes the ball to fall

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Sir Isaac determined that "what goes up ___"

• isn't affected by gravity

• stays up

• must come down

• goes into orbit

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When we talk about gravity, 'down' just means ___

• towards the North Pole
• away from the South Pole
• away from the Earth
• toward the Earth

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When we talk about gravity, 'up' just means ___

• towards the North Pole.

• away from the South Pole.

• away from the Earth.

• toward the Earth.

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"Gravity pulls things down to Earth", really means that gravity pulls things ___

• toward the South Pole.

• toward the Earth.

• away from the North Pole.

• toward Antarctica.