How Does Gravity Affect Matter on Earth? Gr5

Which of the following is evidence that Earth is a sphere? Check all that apply

• Higher elevations allow you to see around the curve of Earth's horizon

• The sun and stars travel across the sky from east to west

• You see only the top part of a ship as it sails over the horizon

You are standing on a beach watching a ship sailing across the ocean. What could you do to watch the ship longer before it disappears across the horizon?

• walk north across the beach

• lie down and look across the surface of the water

• wade out into the water

• climb to the top of a building

Which of the following are true about gravity? Select all that apply

• There is no gravity in the Southern Hempisphere

• Gravity is a force

• Gravity is caused by air pushing down on things

• Gravity affects all matter on Earth

Look at the picture. What does this picture tell you about how gravity will affect the pizza dough as it is tossed into the air?

• Gravity will pull it toward the center of the Earth

• Gravity will pull it toward the Equator

• Gravity will pull it toward the South Pole

• Gravity will pull it toward the North Pole

We know that the Earth is round. Why does a penguin on Antarctica in the Southern Hemisphere not fall off the Earth if it jumps in the air?

• Because the Earth is really flat

• The penguin can not jump

• Gravity pulls the penguin back down to the ground

• The penguin would actually fly off the bottom of the Earth

a force that pulls things toward the center of Earth

• mass

• weight

• gravity

Thousands of years ago people thought Earth was __________, because of how it looks when we are standing on it.

• flat

• round

• oval

CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY:

What is meant when someone says that an object “falls down”?

• It goes in the opposite direction of the sky.

• It falls towards the surface of Earth.

• It falls towards the Southern Hemisphere

On Earth, gravity makes things fall

• toward the center of the Earth

• toward the equator

• toward the South Pole

The sun sets in the

• north

• south

• east

• west