Apples and Gravity

Where did Isaac Newton grow up (a)  

• In a city
• On a farm
• At college

1. What is the main topic of the text?

• Isaac Newton’s life

• The movement of the Moon, Sun and planets

• Why things fall down

• Cleaning up spilled milk

What did Isaac Newton think about while he was on the farm?

• Why things fall down

• How to grow apples

• How to travel to the Moon

What did Isaac Newton study at college

• How things move

• Farming

• Cleaning

What was Isaac Newton especially interested in?

• Asking questions

• Spilling milk

• The Moon, the Sun, and the planets

What did Isaac Newton do after he finished college?

• He returned to the farm

• He went to outer space

• He became a teacher

What did Isaac Newton think about while he was on the farm?

• Why things fall down

• How to grow apples

• How to travel to the Moon

What event helped Isaac Newton begin to answer his questions?

• He saw an apple fall from a tree

• He saw the Moon orbiting Earth

• He saw a glass of milk spill

What did Isaac Newton begin to think after seeing the apple fall?

• There was an invisible force pulling all things toward Earth

• The apple fell because it was heavy

• The apple fell because it was round

What did Isaac Newton call the pull Earth had?

• Magnetism

• Gravity

• Force