Gravity

If I drop a large rock and a small rock from the same height at the same time, which one will hit the ground first?

• the large rock

• the small rock

• both will hit at the same time

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The first person to study gravity was an English scientist named __________.

• Einstein

• Fig Newton

• Isaac Newton

• Chris P. Bacon

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If you traveled to the moon you would __________.

• weigh more than you did on Earth

• weigh less than you did on Earth

• weigh the same as you did on Earth

• be killed by aliens

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Which model has greater gravitational attraction.

• model A

• model B

• both models have equal gravity

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As distance between objects increases the pull of gravity...

• increases 

• decreases 

• Stays the same 

An example of a gravity is that the Earth... 

• orbits the sun

• orbits the moon

• orbits other planets 

• none of the above 

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The planet Mars has less gravity than Earth. This is because Mars has ___________ mass than the planet Earth.

• less

• more

• the same

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When you drop a bowling ball and a feather, why does the feather fall slower?

• air resistance causes the feather to fall slower

• gravity pulls harder on the bowling ball than the feather

• gravity pulls harder on the feather than the bowling ball

• air resistance causes the bowling to fall slower

Life on Earth would be impossible without gravity.

• true

• false

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What keeps the planets in orbit around the sun?

• gravity

• friction

• density

• distance

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