5-PS2-1 Gravity

What force pulls everything toward the ground, including you?

• gravity

• friction

• elasticity

• electrical force

this means moving in a path around something

• orbiting

• shadowing

• eclipsing

• rotating

this is a collection of dust, gas, stars, and their solar systems

• solar system

• life cycle

• constellation

• galaxy

this is an event during which the moon's shadow blocks all or some of the sun's light

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

• shadowing

• relative brightness

Which type of objects are pulled toward Earth?

• only apples

• only light objects

• only heavy objects

• all objects

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

• Pull
• Push

this is how bright the light from a star appears to us on earth

• absolute brightness

• relative brightness

• light-year

• brilliance

this is a space object in a fixed point in the sky that gives off its own heat and light

• constellation

• solar system

• star

• planet

An object with mass has gravity.

• True
• False 

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

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