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WorksheetsGravity
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is gravity?
a)
A force
b)
Energy
c)
A push
d)
All of them
2.
Any object with mass has gravity.
a)
True
b)
Sometimes
c)
False
d)
Never
3.
As distance between two objects increase the pull of gravity
a)
Increases
b)
Decreases
c)
Stays the same
4.
The force of gravity acting on an object is the object's ______.
a)
mass
b)
matter
c)
weight
d)
friction
5.
The law of universal gravitation is credited to whom?
a)
Einstein
b)
Galileo
c)
Darwin
d)
Newton
6.
The amount of matter in an object is
a)
pressure
b)
weight
c)
mass
d)
force
7.
Which of the following never changes no matter where in the universe?
a)
weight
b)
force
c)
mass
d)
pounds
8.
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
9.
Two factors effecting the magnitude 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
10.
Gravity attracts all objects towards one another.
a)
False
b)
True
c)
It depends
11.
Gravity is the force objects put on each other because of their ______.
a)
Mass
b)
Friendliness
c)
Acceleration
d)
Speed
12.
If an object has MORe _______, it will have more gravitational force.
a)
mass
b)
distance
13.
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
14.
If a feather and a hammer are dropped at the same time on the moon, where there is no atmosphere, which one will hit the ground first?
a)
Neither, there is no gravity on the moon.
b)
hammer because it has more mass
c)
feather because it has less mass
d)
both will hit at the same time
15.
Attracts all objects towards each other
a)
gravity
b)
mass
c)
weight
d)
inertia
16.
Every object in the universe attracts every other object.
a)
Law of Universal Gravitation
b)
Mass and Distance
c)
Inertia
d)
Newton's First Law of Motion
17.
What does the strength of gravity between two objects depend upon?
a)
Mass & distance
b)
Mass & weight
c)
Gravity & inertia
d)
Inertia & mass
18.
The amount of matter in an object
a)
mass
b)
weight
c)
inertia
d)
gravity
19.
The force of gravity on an object
a)
mass
b)
weight
c)
volume
d)
inertia
20.
What keeps the moon in orbit around Earth?
a)
Mass & distance
b)
Mass & weight
c)
Inertia & gravity
d)
Gravity & mass
21.
the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion
a)
Gravity
b)
Inertia
c)
Weight
d)
Mass
22.
As an object's mass increases, its gravitational pull will ____________.
a)
decrease
b)
increase
c)
stay the same
d)
get weaker
23.
Gravity pulls any object on or near Earth toward the planet's center.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
All objects in the universe have a gravitational attraction to each other.
a)
True
b)
False
25.
Which of these best describes why your weight (on Earth) would change on another planet?
a)
Dehydration effects on different planets change weight.
b)
In general, the smaller the planet, the greater weight
c)
Different planets have different gravitational pulls
d)
Weight does not change, no matter where you are.
26.
What force keeps the moon in orbit around the Earth?
a)
Weight
b)
Mass
c)
Gravity
d)
Magnetism
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