Gravity for Kids Quiz

What is gravity?

• A force that only affects planets

• A force that repels objects from each other

• A force that makes objects float

• A force that makes objects fall towards the Earth

What is the difference between mass and weight?

• Neither mass nor weight change with location

• Mass changes with location, weight does not

• Weight changes with location, mass does not

• Both mass and weight change with location

Why would someone weigh more on Jupiter than on Earth?

• Because Jupiter has less mass than Earth

• Because Jupiter has more mass than Earth

• Because Jupiter is closer to the Sun

• Because Jupiter is farther from the Sun

What is the main reason planets revolve around the Sun?

• The Sun's light

• The Sun's heat

• The Sun's large mass

• The Sun's rotation

What causes ocean tides on Earth?

• The gravitational pull of the Sun

• The gravitational pull of the Moon

• The rotation of the Earth

• The wind

What keeps the air around the Earth from drifting into space?

• The Earth's gravity

• The Earth's rotation

• The Sun's gravity

• The gravitational pull of the Moon

What is the effect of gravity on hot and cold air?

• Hot air falls and cold air rises

• Both hot and cold air fall

• Hot air rises and cold air falls

• Both hot and cold air rise

Who is the scientist known for watching an apple fall from a tree and discovering gravity?

• Albert Einstein

• Nikola Tesla

• Galileo Galilei

• Sir Isaac Newton

What did Sir Isaac Newton's law of universal gravitation state?

• Only stars attract each other

• Only planets attract each other

• Every object in the universe attracts every other object

• Every object in the universe repels every other object

What happens to the gravitational force between two objects as their distance increases?

• It increases

• It decreases

• It stays the same

• It fluctuates