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WorksheetsGravity
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the SI unit used to measure force?
a)
pounds
b)
grams
c)
newtons
d)
kg/ m2
2.
Who said that falling objects fall at the same rate?
a)
Galileo
b)
Kepler
c)
Brahe
d)
Copernicus
3.
Gravity attracts all objects towards one another.
a)
False
b)
True
c)
It depends
d)
I don't care
4.
Any object with mass is surrounded by a gravitational field.
a)
True
b)
Sometimes
c)
False
d)
Never
5.
The force of gravity is also known as
a)
Mass
b)
Weight
c)
Distance
d)
Acceleration
6.
As distance between two objects increase the pull of gravity
a)
Increases
b)
Decreases
c)
Stays the same
7.
The force of gravity acting on an object is the object's ______.
a)
mass
b)
matter
c)
weight
d)
terminal velocity
8.
Which of the following will not change in different gravitational fields?
a)
weight
b)
force
c)
mass
d)
pounds
9.
An object is falling but is not accelerating. What do you know?
a)
Gravity is stronger than air resistance
b)
Air resistance is stronger than gravity
c)
Air resistance is equal to gravity
d)
Forces are unbalanced
10.
Where would you have to travel to reduce your weight but not lose any mass?
a)
The moon
b)
The Sun
c)
Jupiter
d)
Saturn
11.
Both of these are measured in Netwons
a)
Force and acceleration
b)
Force and weight
c)
Mass and weight
d)
Mass and acceleration
12.
When does a falling object experienced balanced forces?
a)
Terminal velocity
b)
During free fall
c)
When it first starts to fall
d)
Just before it hits the ground
13.
This FORCE pulls things. It PULLS things into orbit around the sun.
a)
Newton
b)
gravity
c)
weight
d)
path
14.
A person would weigh more on Jupiter than on the Earth because . . .
a)
Jupiter has more mass, and therefore more gravity
b)
Jupiter has less mass, and therefore more gravity
c)
Jupiter has more mass, and therefore less gravity
d)
Jupiter has less mass and therefore less gravity
15.
A person weighs _____ on the Earth than they do on the Moon.
a)
less
b)
more
c)
the same
16.
Gravity on Mars’ surface is much lower than it is here on Earth. This is because the mass of mars is ______ than Earth.
a)
less
b)
more
c)
the same
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