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Gravitational Forces

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does the strength of gravity between two objects depend upon?
a)
Mass & distance
b)
Mass & weight
c)
Gravity & inertia
d)
Inertia & mass
2.
What is the net force acting on the block?
a)
4 lbs to the right
b)
6 lbs to the right
c)
14 lbs to the right
d)
40 lbs to the right
3.
What is the net force?
a)
5000 N right
b)
4000 N right
c)
40 N left
d)
4000 N left
4.
Distance and mass are two factors that affect
a)
Gravitational Force Fields
b)
Magnetic Force Fields
c)
Electric Force Fields
d)
Electrostatic Force Fields
5.
What makes a rolling ball stop moving?
a)
gravity
b)
friction
c)
a balanced force
6.
As the product of two objects' masses increases, the pull of gravity
a)
Increases
b)
Decreases
c)
Stays the same
7.
How can you explain that we have a stronger gravitational attraction with Earth than the Sun?
a)
The sun has a larger mass
b)
The sun has a smaller mass
c)
Closer to center of sun
d)
Closer to center of Earth
8.
Who said that falling objects fall at the same rate?
a)
Galileo
b)
Kepler
c)
Brahe
d)
Copernicus
9.
Gravity attracts all objects towards one another.
a)
False
b)
True
c)
It depends
d)
I don't care
10.
Which of the following will not change in different gravitational fields?
a)
weight
b)
force
c)
mass
d)
pounds
11.
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
12.
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
13.
What does the strength of gravity between two objects depend upon?
a)
Mass & distance
b)
Mass & weight
c)
Gravity & inertia
d)
Inertia & mass
14.
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.
15.
The force of gravity is also known as
a)
Mass
b)
Weight
c)
Distance
d)
Acceleration
16.
This FORCE pulls things.  It PULLS things into orbit around the sun. 
a)
Newton
b)
gravity
c)
weight
d)
path
17.
Which will cause a moving object to change direction?
a)
Force
b)
Gravity
c)
Inertia
d)
Speed
18.
What is gravitational force?
a)
It makes objects at rest start moving.
b)
It makes objects that are moving stop.
c)
The force of attraction between two objects.
d)
It pulls you into space.
19.
Where is an object's center of gravity?
a)
Any part of an object.
b)
The center of its mass.
c)
The part that weighs the most.
d)
The part closest to Earth.
20.

When placed at equal distances apart, the greatest gravitational attraction will be between two

a)

skateboards

b)

bowling balls

c)

school buses

21.

Amanda weighs about 600 N on Earth, but would only weigh about 100 N on the Moon. Which BEST explains why Amanda would weigh less on the Moon than on Earth?

a)

The circumference of the Moon is smaller than Earth, therefore it has less gravity.

b)

The lack of air pressure on the Moon weakens the gravitational force of the Moon.

c)

The mass of the Moon is less than that of Earth, therefore it has a weaker gravitational force.

22.

What is the relationship between mass and gravitational pull?

a)

Higer mass creates higher gravitational pull

b)

Lower mass creates higher gravitational pull

c)

Lower gravitational pull creates more mass

23.
How would you write 0.0005 in scientific notation?
a)
50 x 105
b)
5 x 104
c)
5 x 103
d)
.5 x 103
24.
How would you write 4.3756 x 104 in standard form?
a)
437,560,000
b)
0.00043756
c)
43,756
d)
4,3756
25.

When an object resists change, like a body in a turning car, it is called ________________.

a)

inertia

b)

force

c)

friction

d)

drag force

26.
An archer pulls the bowstring back, then releases the string and the arrow flies forward. Pulling the string back is the...
a)
action force
b)
reaction force
c)
net force
d)
inertia
27.
A cannonball with a mass of 0.5 kg is flying at an acceleration of 10 m/sec/sec. What is it's force?
a)
50 Newtons
b)
5 Newtons
c)
20 Newtons
d)
9.5 Newtons
28.
Convert from meters to cm:  9 meters
a)
900 cm
b)
90 cm
c)
0.9 cm
d)
0.09 cm
29.
Convert 8 kilometers to meters
a)
800 m
b)
80,000 m
c)
8,000 m
d)
.008 m
30.

Look at the pictures of the cars. Which car will have the most air resistance force acting upon it? They will be moving at the same speed.

a)
b)
c)
d)

All will have equal air resistance force.

31.

An object is falling downward through Earth's atmosphere. In which direction is the air resistance force?

a)

Down

b)

Up

c)

Around the object

d)

Through the object

32.

A girl drops a 7 gram bowling ball and a 1gram rock from a cliff. Which will hit the ground first?

a)

Bowling Ball

b)

Rock

c)

Ignoring air resistance, both will hit at the same time.

d)

The cliff

33.

What does it mean for an object to be in free fall?

a)

Only air resistance acting on the object.

b)

Gravity is the only force acting on the obejct.

c)

Any object that is in downward motion.

34.
Which would hit the ground first if dropped from the same height in a vacuum—a feather or a metal bolt?
a)
the feather
b)
the metal bolt
c)
They would hit the ground at the same time.
d)
They would be suspended in a vacuum.
35.
A crumpled piece of paper hits the ground before a flat sheet of paper because
a)
a.  the acceleration of gravity is greater on the crumpled paper.
b)
b. there is more air resistance against the flat paper.
c)
c. the crumpled paper is more massive.
d)
d. the crumpled paper is less massive.

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