WorksheetsHistory of Gravity
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
The more mass an object has, the faster it will fall.
Aristotle - TRUE; Galileo - TRUE
Aristotle - FALSE; Galileo - FALSE
Aristotle - TRUE; Galileo - FALSE
Aristotle - FALSE; Galileo - TRUE
What shape is Earth's orbit?
circle
ellipse
square
spiral
The law of universal gravitation is credited to whom?
Einstein
Galileo
Cavendish
Newton
Who of the following first described the shape of the earth's orbit?
Aristotle
Kepler
Galileo
Newton
Who is credited with discovering the Gravitational constant, even though he got it wrong at first for measuring edge to edge and not center to center?
Galileo
Kepler
Newton
Cavendish
The gravitational constant used in the Universal Gravitation Formula is:
6.63 x 10-34
6.02 x 10-23
6.67 x 10-11
6.65 x 10-29
Who came first?
Einstein
Galileo
Cavendish
Newton
Who described gravity as a field around masses?
Einstein
Galileo
Cavendish
Newton
