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WorksheetsGravity
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which best describes gravity?
Molecules that make up everything.
An object that conducts electricity.
A magnet.
A force that pulls objects to the ground.
Who deciphered the properties gravity?
Galileo Galilei
Albert Einstein
Issac Newton
Nicolaus Copernicus
How does the earth's gravity affect the moon?
It creates the phases of the moon.
The force of gravity keeps the moon moving around the earth.
It creates high tide on the moon.
It creates friction between the earth and moon
How does the center of gravity affect balance?
The center of gravity makes an object topple over.
The object falls to the ground.
Gravity pulls us up.
The position of the center of gravity of an object helps to make it stable.
What is gravitational force?
It is angular momentum.
It is the tendency of objects to move toward other larger objects.
It is a coordinate system.
It is a pendulum.
Why can astronauts jump higher on the moon then on earth?
They use pogo sticks.
Their space suits help them to jump higher.
The moon has less mass then earth so the force of gravity is less.
The moon has more mass then the earth so the force to gravity is more.
What is gravitational mass?
The length of something.
It is a measurement of how much gravity an object exerts on another objects.
The measurement of how much something weighs.
The acceleration of an object.
When an apple falls to the ground, what is happening?
Gravity pushes the apple up, away from the Earth.
Magnetism pushes up, away from the Earth.
Magnetism pulls the apple down, away from the Earth.
Gravity pulls the apple down, towards the Earth.
Which of the following statements about gravity and magnetism is NOT true?
Gravity and magnetism are both invisible.
Gravity and magnetism can both pull on objects.
Gravity pulls only magnetic objects, but magnetism pulls everything.
Gravity pulls everything, but magnetism only pulls magnetic objects.
The moon's gravitational pull cause which one of these?
earthquakes
ocean tides
tornadoes
lightening storms
