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Worksheets5th Direction of Gravitational Forces
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which of the following statements gives the best evidence that gravity pulls objects toward the center of the Earth?
The needle of a compass points only in one direction.
Molten rocks are not found on the surface of the Earth.
Any object dropped from a tower falls toward the ground.
Submarines are underwater most of the time.
Adam made a paper airplane and threw it across his room. It glided through the air. Then, it fell to the ground. What force caused the paper airplane to fall?
friction
magnetism
gravity
push
Which of the following is true of Earth's gravity?
A. It only has an effect on objects farther than ten meters from the Earth's surface.
It only has an effect on the Moon and the Sun.
It pushes objects away from the Earth's surface without touching them.
It pulls objects toward the Earth's surface without touching them.
Which of the following statements gives the best evidence that gravity pulls objects toward the center of the Earth?
The density of ice is greater at Earth's equator.
Asteroids approaching the Earth from any direction get pulled toward the Earth.
Several iron nails are pulled toward a strong magnet.
Winds blow from the South Pole toward the Equator.
The picture below shows a waterfall. Two parts of the waterfall are labeled X and Y. How does the picture support the fact that gravity pulls downward?
The water is pulled from point Y to point X, which is closer to the center of the Earth.
The water is pulled from point X to point Y, which is farther from the center of the Earth.
The water is pulled from point Y to point X, which is farther from the center of the Earth.
The water is pulled from point X to point Y, which is closer to the center of the Earth.
A ball is thrown in the air. The ball goes up, then changes direction and falls down. Why does the ball fall down?
Gravity pushes the Earth up.
Gravity makes the ball lighter.
Gravity stops working.
Gravity pulls it down
Which of these objects will fall toward the Earth if they are all thrown into the air?
a parachute toy
a pencil
a bouncy ball
all of these
It is easier to ride a bicycle down a hill than to ride up a hill because _______ helps the bicycle move down the hill
gravity
friction
rotation
magnetism
The picture above shows a meteor. A meteor is a small body of matter that is pulled by Earth's gravity from space into Earth's atmosphere. Sometimes, the meteor burns up in the atmosphere. When it does not, the meteor hits the Earth's surface as a meteorite. When it hits the surface of the ocean, it sinks deeper into the water. What does the movement of a meteor or meteorite show about Earth's gravity?
Earth's gravity does not affect objects until they hit the Earth.
Earth's gravity does not affect objects in water.
Earth's gravity is directed down to the center of the Earth.
Earth's gravity only affects objects in Earth's atmosphere.
The picture above shows a sinkhole. A sinkhole is a hole in the ground that occurs when the surface layer of the Earth collapses. What does the formation of a sinkhole show about Earth's gravity?
Earth's gravity pushes soil away from the center of the Earth.
Earth's gravity pulls only from the surface of the Earth.
Earth's gravity does not affect the surface of the Earth.
Earth's gravity pulls from the center of the Earth.
A person is standing near the Equator as shown below. In which direction does the force of gravity pull the person?
↑
→
←
↓
No matter where you are on Earth, the center of the Earth is always _______.
straight down
to the south
straight ahead
to the left
In an experiment, six people at different places around the Earth drop an apple at the same time. Which apples will fall to the Earth?
Only apples U, V, Y and Z will fall to the Earth.
Only apple U will fall to the Earth.
All of the apples will fall to the Earth.
Only apples U and Z will fall to the Earth.
Two boys are at different locations on Earth as shown in the figure above. What would happen if the boys drop a rock from their locations?
Both the rocks dropped from location A and location B will float in the air.
The rock dropped from location B will fall to the ground, but the rock dropped from location A will fall into outer space.
Both the rocks dropped from location A and location B will fall to the ground.
The rock dropped from location A will fall to the ground, but the rock dropped from location B will fall into outer space.
Imagine an object falling to the Earth. Which of the following most accurately describes the motion of that object?
Its motion is random as it falls.
It falls toward the nearest solid ground.
It falls southward.
It falls toward the center of the Earth.
Sam is standing on one side of the Earth while Tom is standing on the opposite side of the Earth, as shown in the picture above. Why do Sam and Tom describe the direction of gravity as "down"?
"Down" describes the direction toward the South Pole.
"Down" describes the direction the Earth is rotating.
"Down" describes the direction that the Earth is pulled toward the Sun
"Down" describes the direction towards the center of the Earth.
Two boys are at different locations on Earth as shown above. Each boy drops a paper ball in the wastebasket. In which direction will each paper ball fall?
in a different direction but upward and away from the center of the Earth
in the same direction but downward and toward the center of the Earth
in a different direction but downward and toward the center of the Earth
in the same direction but upward and away from the center of the Earth
The force of gravity
pulls objects towards the Earth.
can be seen with special glasses.
pushes the Earth away from objects.
pushes objects away from the Earth.
What causes oranges to fall out of trees and onto the ground?
gravity
bugs
sun
Option 4
An asteroid passes near the South Pole of the Earth. In which direction does the Earth's gravity pull the asteroid?
↑
↓
←
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