5.PS2.3 Gravity Review

What does the force of gravity do to objects?

• makes them float

• makes them jump

• pulls them together

• pushes them apart

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

How does gravity on Earth compare to gravity on the moon?

• gravity on the Earth & moon are the same

• more gravity on Earth

• more gravity on the moon

• less gravity on the Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Mrs. Howell throws a baseball on Earth. Then she travels to another planet with less gravity than earth & throws he same baseball. Which of the following is true?

• The baseball would go farther on Earth.

• The baseball would go farther on the other planet.

• The baseball would go the same distance on both planets.

• The baseball would go a shorter distance on the other planet.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Sam is standing on one side of the Earth while Tom is standing on the opposite side of the Earth, as shown in the picture below. What do Sam & Tom describe the direction of gravity as "down"?

• the direction that Earth is pulled toward the Sun

• the direction toward the South Pole

• the direction the Earth is rotating

• the direction toward the center of the Earth

No matter what country you are in on Earth, the gravity is __________________.

• never the same

• a little different

• sometimes the same

• always the same

Earth's gravity _________________________________.

• pulls us towards the sun

• pushes us away from each other

• pulls us towards each other

• pulls us towards the Earth's center

People on the other side of the planet can fall off, because they are upside down from us.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

___________ keeps us and other objects on Earth from floating into space.

• gravity

• friction

• mass

• inertia

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which of the following objects will fall toward the Earth if they are all thrown into the air?

• pencil

• bouncy ball

• parachute toy

• all of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

No matter where you are on Earth, the center of the Earth is always ______________________________.

• to the left

• straight down

• to the South Pole

• straight up