Gravity

Gravity attracts all objects towards one another. 

• 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 person would weigh less on the moon than on the Earth because...

• the moon has less mass, and therefore less gravity
• the moon has more mass, and therefore less gravity
• the moon has less mass, and therefore more gravity
• the moon has more mass, and therefor more gravity

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__________holds all of the planets in orbit around the sun.

• Force
• Motion
• Weight
• Gravity

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A brick and a pencil are dropped at the same time from the same height. Which one would hit the ground first?

• brick

• pencil

• both would hit at the same time

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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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Which statement about gravity is true?

• gravity causes objects to pull towards one another

• gravity causes objects to push away from each other

• gravity only takes place between planets

• the moon doesn't have any gravity

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Without gravity we would________. 

• Float away
• Stay in the ground
• Nothing would happen.
• I don't know

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Why a ball falls to the ground?

• Earth's force of gravity is GREATER than the ball's, so the ball gets attracted to the ground. 
• Earth's force of gravity is LESS than the ball's, so the ball gets attracted to the ground. 

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Which has more mass, Earth or the Moon?

• Earth
• Moon
• The same

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