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GRAVITY OF THE EARTH

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What keeps the planets in orbit around the sun?

a)

gravity

b)

friction

c)

density

d)

distance

2.

What is gravity?

a)

A force that attract objects towards the Earth

b)

Energy that cannot be renewable

c)

Attraction of magnet

3.

Which statement about gravity is true?

a)

gravity causes objects to pull towards the Earth

b)

gravity causes objects to push away from each other

c)

gravity only takes place between planets

4.

What was the name of the scientist who first thought about the force of gravity?

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Isaac Newton

c)

Marie Curie

d)

Charles Darwin

5.

Hundreds of years ago, Sir Isaac Newton discovered about gravity. He was inspired by _____

a)

a lightbulb

b)

an egg

c)

a watermelon

d)

an apple

6.

Gravity keeps us on Earth.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

People on the other side of the planet can fall off, because they’re upside down from us.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

If you throw the ball into the air, where does the ball go?

a)

up

b)

sideways

c)

down

9.

A person weighs _____ on the Earth than the Moon.

a)

less

b)

more

c)

the same

10.

Without gravity we would________.

a)

Float away

b)

Stay in the ground

c)

Nothing would happen.

11.

Tick ( / ) two correct answers about gravity.

a)

Objects would simply float away if gravity didn’t exist

b)

Gravity make us and all objects remain at our position.

c)

Gravity help us to float in outer space

d)

Gravity only attract people towards the Earth.

12.

Why can astronauts jump and float a little on the Moon?

a)

Because the Moon's gravity is 1/6 of Earth’s gravity,

b)

Because the Moon's gravity is very strong than Earth.

13.

Objects with GREATER mass have a ______ force of gravity.

a)

STRONGER

b)

WEAKER

14.

Any object with mass has gravity.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The moon also has gravity

a)

True

b)

False