Planets & Gravity

Which planet is closest to the sun?

• Earth

• Mars

• Venus

• Mercury

Which of the following places would you weight the most?

• Earth's moon

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Pluto

The farther apart two objects are

• the stronger the gravitational attraction

• The weaker the gravitational attraction

• there is no change in gravitational attraction

The larger the mass

• the stronger the gravitational attraction

• the weaker the gravitational attraction

• there is no change in gravitational attraction

What is the fourth planet from the sun in our solar system?

• Uranus

• Mars

• Earth

• Saturn

Which of these changes based on the pull of gravity?

• mass

• weight

The amount of matter in an object defines which vocabulary word?

• mass

• weight

• gravity

• distance

As the size of a planet ______, the weight of an object ______

• increases, increases

• increases, decreases

• decreases, increases

• decreases, stays the same

The planets are evenly spread apart in space

• True

• False

The planet between Mars and Saturn is

• Neptune

• Uranus

• Jupiter

• Earth