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Gravity and the Universe

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mass and weight are the same property with different name.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Will a feather and a watermelon fall at the same speed in a vacuum?

a)

No, the feather will fall before

b)

No, the watermelon will fall after

c)

Yes

d)

No, the watermelon will fall before

e)

No, the feather will fall after

3.

Which are the major factors that determine the strength of an object's gravitational pull: (choose two of them)

a)

Its mass

b)

The distance between objects

c)

The Moon and the stars

d)

Its shape

4.

Without gravity if we throw an egg it...

a)

will crash on the floor

b)

won't crash on the floor

c)

won't float into the air

d)

will break in the air

5.

What keeps the Earth in orbit around the Sun?

a)

Star's gravity

b)

Moon's gravity

c)

Sun's gravity

6.

The smaller the mass of the object...

a)

the more gravity it will have.

b)

the less gravity it will have.

7.

Which one has the strongest gravitational pull in the Universe?

a)

Stars

b)

The sun

c)

Black holes

d)

Planets

8.

The Moon is in orbit around Earth because of

a)

the oxygen in the air

b)

the sun

c)

the ozone layer

d)

gravity

9.

Who formulated Universal Gravitation theory?

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Platón

c)

Isaac Newton

d)

Descartes

10.

The SI unit for weight is...

a)

Newton (N)

b)

Kilogram (kg)

c)

Gram (g)

d)

All of them

11.

Choose the expression for Newton’s 2nd law

a)

F = m·a

b)

F = k·x

c)

P1·V1 = P2·V2

d)

F = GMmd2G·\frac{M·m}{d^2}

12.

The mass of an object changes depending on the planet

a)

True

b)

False

13.

The weight of an object changes depending on the planet

a)

True

b)

False

14.

A light year is...

a)

A unit of time

b)

A unit of length

c)

A unit of light

d)

A unit of force

15.

The expression for weight is...

a)

W = k·x

b)

W = m·g

c)

W = m·v

d)

W = m2

16.

A light year is...

a)

The distance that light covers in a year.

b)

The time it takes to go to the end of the Solar System.

c)

A year not very heavy, like 2020.

d)

The distance from the Earth to the Sun.

17.

The value of gravity of Earth (g) is...

a)

6.7 m/s2

b)

9.8 m/s2

c)

9.8 N

d)

9.8 kg

18.

Mass is a force

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Weight is a force

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Choose a characteristic of gravity

a)

It is always attractive

b)

Can be attractive and repulsive

c)

The unit is kg

d)

Depends on the velocity

21.

An astronomical unit (AU) is the distance...

a)

from the Earth to the Moon

b)

from the Earth to the Sun

c)

from Jupiter to Saturn

d)

from Mars to the Sun

22.

To measure distances in the Solar System we use...

a)

Light years

b)

Astronomical Units (AU)

c)

Kilometers

d)

Miles