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Gravity of Earth

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is gravity?
a)
A force
b)
Energy
c)
A push
d)
All of them
2.
The law of universal gravitation is credited to whom? 
a)
Einstein 
b)
Galileo
c)
Darwin
d)
Newton 
3.
Gravity attracts all objects towards one another. 
a)
True
b)
False 
4.
Look at the picture.  Is the force of gravity on the boy a push or a pull? 
a)
Pull
b)
Push
5.
An object with mass has gravity.
a)
True
b)
False 
6.

An example of an effect of gravitational pull is that the Earth...

a)

revolves around the Sun on its orbit

b)

revolves the moon

c)

orbits other planets

d)

the occurrence of high and low tide

7.
__________holds all of the planets in orbit around the sun.
a)
Force
b)
Motion
c)
Weight
d)
Gravity
8.

What is the SI unit used to measure force?

a)

metres (m)

b)

grams (g)

c)

newtons (N)

d)

kg/ m2

9.
Gravity is a ________ force.
a)
pushing
b)
pulling
10.
What is the biggest challenge a rocket must overcome just to leave the ground?
a)
Earth's air pressure
b)
Earth's friction
c)
Earth's gravity
d)
Earth's magnetism
11.

"Down" is actually towards the...

a)

South Pole

b)

centre of the Earth

c)

North Pole

d)

side of the Earth

12.

What keeps us from floating through the air?

a)

gravity

b)

magnetic field

c)

Earth's atmosphere

d)

Earth's rotation

13.

The heavier the weight an object has, the ______________ gravitational pull it has.

a)

weaker

b)

stronger

14.
The amount of gravity pulling down on an object is called its...
a)
mass
b)
weight
c)
gravity
d)
force
15.
Which scenario best demonstrates that gravity pulls objects towards Earth's center?
a)
running across a finish line
b)
jumping on a trampoline
16.
Which scenario best demonstrates that gravity pulls objects towards Earth's center?
a)
a river always flows from higher ground to lower ground
b)
walking upstairs
17.

What effect does Earth's gravity have on us?

a)

It lets us float.

b)

It pulls us to the Earth.

c)

We are too small for it to affect us.

d)

It moves us around in a circle.

18.

What effect does the moon's gravity have on the Earth?

a)

It causes ocean tides.

b)

It makes the atmosphere rise.

c)

It pulls some objects toward the moon.

d)

It has no effect because it's too small.

19.

As distance between two objects increase the pull of gravity

a)

increases

b)

decreases

c)

stays the same

20.

A person would weigh less 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

21.
Which has a STRONGER force of gravity, Earth or the Moon?
a)
Earth
b)
Moon
22.
Why can astronauts jump and float a little on the Moon?
a)
Because the Moon's gravity is NOT that STRONG.
b)
Because the Moon's gravity is VERY STRONG. 
23.

Gravity is

a)

a mass

b)

a force

c)

a place

d)

an energy

24.

Without gravity, air, water and animals would all...

a)

Fly off into space

b)

Fly into each other

25.

Gravity is a force that...

a)

Pushes objects away from Earth

b)

Pulls objects towards Earth