WorksheetsGravity and Inertia
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is gravity?
a)
A resistance to change.
b)
A force that attracts and repels objects.
c)
A force that pulls objects "in" or together.
d)
A force that causes objects in motion to stay in motion.
2.
Gravity attracts all objects towards one another.
a)
False
b)
True
c)
It depends
3.
Every object in the universe attracts every other object.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Which of the following is an example of gravity?
a)
Slamming on the breaks in your car and flying forward.
b)
The last 4 fruit loops in your ceral bowl coming together to form a circle.
c)
Moving up and down on a rollercoaster.
d)
Miss Rindy pushing open a door.
5.
Two factors impacting the strength of the force of gravity between 2 objects are...
a)
mass and distance
b)
mass and matter
c)
distance and weight
d)
weight and mass
6.
What is inertia?
a)
A force that attracts and repels objects.
b)
An object in motion that was to stay in a straight path unless it is acted upon by another force.
c)
A force that pulls objects "in" or together.
d)
A force that is measured in Newtons.
7.
Because of inertia, a moving object will keep ________.
a)
at rest
b)
moving
c)
in one spot
d)
inertia
8.
To change the motion of an object, inertia must be overcome by a __________ acting on the object.
a)
temperature
b)
speed
c)
force
d)
velocity
9.
Because of inertia, a resting object will remain at ________.
a)
rest
b)
a constant speed
c)
school
d)
inertia
10.
Which of the following is an example of inertia?
a)
Slamming on the breaks in your car and flying forward.
b)
An apple falling off of a tree.
c)
Running at a cross country event.
11.
The SI unit for force
a)
distance
b)
Newton (N)
c)
frame of reference
d)
inertia
12.
Which of the following will not change in different gravitational fields?
a)
wieght
b)
force
c)
mass
d)
pounds
13.
Which model has greater gravitational attraction (if any)
a)
Model A
b)
Model B
c)
Both Model A and Model B (same gravity)
14.
Which of the following will change with different gravitational forces?
a)
mass
b)
amount of matter in an object
c)
weight
d)
kilograms
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