WorksheetsGravity Review
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Gravity is natural attractive force that.....
a)
pushes
b)
pulls
c)
it is man made
d)
I don't know
2.
What is the law of Universal Gravitation?
a)
Nothing has gravity
b)
Only big objects have gravity
c)
Only the sun has gravity
d)
Everything has gravity
3.
As _______________________ increases between two objects, the weaker the gravitational pull is between them.
a)
Mass
b)
Gravity
c)
Distance
d)
Inertia
4.
The closer an object is, the _____________________ the gravitational pull exerted on it.
a)
greater
b)
slower
c)
faster
d)
less
5.
In our solar system, an orbit is the combined effects of the gravitational force of the Sun and the __________________ ______________________of the object in space.
a)
gravitational pull
b)
distance
c)
mass
d)
forward motion
6.
The forces of ________________ and _____________________ control the orbit of a planet.
a)
gravity and motion
b)
mass and motion
c)
distance and mass
d)
gravity and distance
7.
Why does Jupiter have many moons orbiting it?
a)
far away from sun
b)
large mass
c)
gravitational pull
d)
I don't know
8.
A satellite is an object that revolves around a planet due to its ___________________________ __________________.
a)
gravitational pull
b)
forward motion
c)
large mass
d)
law of universal gravitation
9.
_______________________ are chunks of ice and dust that orbit around the Sun.
a)
asteroids
b)
comets
c)
meteors
d)
planets
10.
___________________ and _______________________ affect the strength of the gravitational pull on an object.
a)
Mass and gravity
b)
motion and distance
c)
mass and distance
d)
motion and gravity
11.
The greater an object’s mass, the _________________________ its gravity.
a)
greater
b)
faster
c)
slower
d)
decreases
12.
What is the most massive object in our solar system that we all orbit?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Neptune
c)
Earth
d)
Sun
13.
A small planet that is close to the Sun will –
a)
have a strong gravitational pull exerted on it
b)
pull several smaller planets into its orbit
c)
have too great a mass to orbit the Sun
d)
orbit in an elliptical path
14.
A friend asked a student why Earth revolves around the Sun. The student told the friend about the combined effects of the gravitational force of the Sun and the forward motion of Earth. What was the student describing?
a)
supernova
b)
rotation
c)
orbit
d)
revolution
15.
Gravity attracts all objects towards one another.
a)
False
b)
True
c)
It depends
16.
If Earth's mass was cut in half, what would happen to your mass?
a)
increase because gravitational force increases
b)
decrease because gravitational force decreases
c)
decrease because gravitational force increases
d)
nothing, mass is not affected by gravitational force
17.
As distance between two objects increase the pull of gravity
a)
Increases
b)
Decreases
c)
Stays the same
18.
The force of gravity acting on an object is the object's ______.
a)
mass
b)
matter
c)
weight
d)
friction
19.
Which of the following never changes no matter where in the universe?
a)
weight
b)
force
c)
mass
d)
pounds
20.
A person would weigh less on on the Moon than on the Earth because . . .
a)
Moon has more mass, and therefore more gravity
b)
Moon has less mass, and therefore more gravity
c)
Moon has more mass, and therefore less gravity
d)
Moon has less mass and therefore less gravity
21.
The relationship between the mass of an object and its weight on Earth is constant.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
________ hold all of the planets in orbit around the sun.
a)
gravity
b)
string
c)
Bill Nye
d)
duct tape
23.
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
24.
Who said that falling objects fall at the same rate?
a)
Galileo
b)
Kepler
c)
Brahe
d)
Copernicus
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