WorksheetsGravity
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 1hrs 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the SI unit used to measure force?
a)
pounds
b)
grams
c)
newtons
d)
friction
2.
Gravity attracts all objects towards one another.
a)
False
b)
True
c)
It depends
3.
As distance between two objects increase the pull of gravity
a)
Increases
b)
Decreases
c)
Stays the same
4.
Any object with mass has gravity.
a)
True
b)
Sometimes
c)
False
d)
Never
5.
The force of gravity acting on an object is the object's ______.
a)
mass
b)
matter
c)
weight
d)
friction
6.
The force of gravity acting on an object is the object's ______.
a)
mass
b)
matter
c)
weight
d)
friction
7.
The law of universal gravitation is credited to whom?
a)
Einstein
b)
Galileo
c)
Darwin
d)
Newton
8.
The amount of matter in an object is
a)
pressure
b)
weight
c)
mass
d)
force
9.
Which of the following never changes no matter where in the universe?
a)
weight
b)
force
c)
mass
d)
pounds
10.
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
11.
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
12.
Gravity attracts all objects towards one another.
a)
False
b)
True
c)
It depends
13.
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
14.
Every object in the universe attracts every other object.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
If Earth's mass was cut in half, what would happen to your weight?
a)
Increase because gravitational force increases
b)
decrease because gravitational force decreases
c)
decrease because gravitational force increases
d)
nothing, weight is not affected by gravitational force
16.
Is the force of gravity on the diver a push or a pull?
a)
push
b)
pull
17.
The relationship between the mass of an object and its weight on Earth is constant.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Which System has the greater gravitational pull between the two objects?
a)
System 1
b)
System 2
c)
Same: there is no gravitational attraction between the two objects
19.
The force of gravity on Jupiter is a little more than 2 times the gravitational force on Earth. If an object has a mass of 50 kg and a weight of 490 N on Earth, what would be the object's approximate mass and weight on Jupiter?
a)
50 kg and 490 N
b)
100 kg and 490 N
c)
50 kg and 980 N
d)
100 kg and 980 N
20.
45 kg
a)
mass
b)
weight
21.
850 N
a)
mass
b)
weight
22.
If mass = 78.9 kg, weight on Earth =
a)
774 N
b)
77.4 N
c)
8 N
d)
774 kg
23.
If mass = 1.6 kg, weight on Earth =
a)
0.16 N
b)
15.7 kg
c)
15.7 N
d)
157 N
24.
If weight on Earth = 4.80 N, mass =
a)
32 kg
b)
0.49 kg
c)
47 kg
d)
0.49 N
25.
The weight of a car on a horizontal road is 23,000 N. What is the normal force on the car?
a)
23,000 N
b)
2345 N
c)
226,000 N
d)
2345 kg
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