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The role of Gravity + Earth's Motion

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Gravity?

a)

An air mass

b)

A force of attraction or pull between any two objects

c)

A gas produced from pollution

d)

A gas that is in space

2.

The amount of gravitational pull depends on an objects ______.

a)

Shape

b)

Location

c)

Mass

3.

What prevents us from floating up into space?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Gravity

c)

The Sun

d)

Space Shuttles

4.

Gravity is only on Earth

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Which object has more gravity?

a)
b)
6.

Who's gravitational pull is our moon attached too?

a)

The Sun

b)

Mercury's

c)

Earth's

d)

The stars

7.

Gravity is affected by

a)

mass and distance

b)

shape and color

c)

volume and density

8.

The pull of gravity decreases when the mass of the object decreases.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The pull of gravity decreases when the distance between two objects decreases.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Every object that has a mass experiences a gravitational pull.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

When an object is pulled down on earth from a certain height, it rushes downward due to (a)  

12.

The Barringer Crater is the result of ...... pulling a meteor to Earth's surface.

a)

volume

b)

density

c)

gravity

13.

The closest neighbor to the Earth is.......

a)

Jupiter

b)

Nepton

c)

Moon

d)

Mars

14.

Why does the moon orbit the Earth?

a)

Due to love

b)

Due to gravitational force

c)

Due to the gases around the Earth

d)

Due to the big bang

15.

Since the Moon's mass is..........than the Earth's mass, Moon's gravitational force is ........ than Earth's gravitational force.

a)

less/ less

b)

greater/greater

c)

less/greater

d)

greater/less

16.

Moon's gravity is 1/6 Earth's gravity.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

If you throw a ball up on the Moon it can goes higher 6 times than on the Earth since the gravity on the Moon is high.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

What does the Moon's Gravitational force cause to the Earth?

a)

It causes volcanoes

b)

It causes hurricanes

c)

It causes earthquakes

d)

It causes tides

19.

Earth's tides are....

a)

regular raise and fall of water along the shore

b)

regular hurricanes of water along the shore

20.

Earth's water bulges on ......

a)

Moon-facing side of Earth

b)

adjacent side of the Earth

c)

side facing away from the Moon

21.

As the Moon travels around the Earth high and low tides form.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

water level ....... where the bulge forms and ....... where the bulge is not.

a)

rises - lowers

b)

lowers - rises

23.

A meteorite is a meteor that does not strike the earth's surface.

a)
b)
24.

A meteor is a space rock that enters the earth's atmosphere.

a)
b)
25.

An example of a meteorite is

a)
b)
26.

The force that pulls meteors into the earth atmosphere is

a)

gravity

b)

friction

c)

electric force

27.

Which of the following actually hits the ground?

a)

meteor

b)

meteorite

c)

meteoroid

28.
The Earth is rotating on its axis, creating _____
a)
the 12 months
b)
the years
c)
the seasons
d)
day and night
29.

What is the name of the imaginary line running through the center of the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole?

a)

orbit

b)

axis

c)

equator

d)

latitude

30.
In order for us to experience day, the side of the Earth we live on must be __________ the Sun.
a)
facing away from the Sun
b)
facing toward
31.
Which part of Earth is experiencing night?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
32.
The change from day time to night time, and back again, is caused by
a)
the position of the Moon
b)
the movement of the tides
c)
the brightness of the Sun
d)
the rotation of the Earth
33.
The spinning movement of the Earth about its axis is called the Earth's _____
a)
revolution
b)
rotation
c)
precession
d)
orbit
34.

The rotation of Earth is responsible for day and night

a)

true

b)

false

35.

The Earth makes one rotation around its axis every ...

a)

One day (24 hours)

b)

One year

c)

One summer

d)

One winter

36.
How long does it take for the Earth to make one full orbit around the Sun?
a)
one day
b)
one week
c)
one month
d)
one year
37.
The movement of the Earth around the Sun is called its _____
a)
revolution
b)
rotation
c)
precession
d)
gyration
38.
The spinning movement of the Earth about its axis is called the Earth's _____
a)
revolution
b)
rotation
c)
precession
d)
orbit
39.

When the Earth completes a full orbit around the Sun, it has completed _____ rotations or days

a)

7

b)

30

c)

91

d)

365 1/4

40.

The Earth is rotating AND revolving.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

The path an object takes as it travels around another object is called a/an

a)

line

b)

orbit

c)

axis

42.

Seasons are caused by ....

(Choose more than 1 answer)

a)

Earth's tilted axis

b)

Earth's revolution

c)

There are no seasons