Year 7 Space

What is a force?

• A pull

• A push

• A force is the influence of one body on another.

• A push or pull that an object feels due to another object affecting it.

What is the unit of force?

• Kg

• Newtons

• Joules

• m/s

What is the unit of force?

• Kg

• Newtons

• Joules

• m/s

What is the unit of mass?

• Kg

• Newtons

• Joules

• m/s

What piece of equipment can be used to measure force?

• Weighing scale

• Newton meter

• metre ruler

Name the planets in order starting with the closest to the sun

• Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth

• Mercury, Earth, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

• Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

Answer explanation

My (Mercury) Very (Venus) Easy (Earth) Method (Mars) Just (Jupiter) Speeds (Saturn) Up (Uranus) Nothing (Neptune).

My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Noodles (or Nachos)

What causes us to have different seasons on Earth?

• The Earth orbits the moon

• The Earth is tilted on its axis.

• The Earth orbits the Sun

What is in the centre of our solar system?

• The Sun

• The Earth

• Mars

What does the term ‘orbit’ mean?

• To move around a smaller object due to its mass.

• To move around a smaller object due to its gravity.

• To move around a larger object due to its gravity.

• To move around a larger object due to its weight

Define ‘Mass’

• The overall force on an object when you combine the individual forces.

• A force that pulls one object towards another.

• A measure of how hard something is pulled to the ground.

• The quantity of material that something contains.