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Gravity and Air Resistance

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Gravity is a pulling force between two objects

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Any object with mass experiences gravity

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Why do astronauts bounce so high on the moon?

a)

The moon has more gravity

b)

The moon has less gravity

4.

Objects with more mass have a stronger gravitional pull.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Earth's gravity pulls everything toward:

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

The center of the earth

6.

Gravitational force is smaller between

a)

Larger objects

b)

Smaller objects

7.

As distance increases ( go farther away) , gravitational forces:

a)

Decrease

b)

increase

c)

Disappear

d)

Stay the same

8.

As mass increases, gravitational forces:

a)

Increase

b)

decrease

c)

stay the same

d)

disappear

9.

A measure of gravitational force is:

a)

weight

b)

mass

c)

newtons

d)

watts

10.

Why doesn't the sun pull us off the earth?

a)

It is too small

b)

It is too far away

c)

It is too big

d)

It is too close

11.

What is gravity?

a)

The force that pulls objects together

b)

The force that pushes objects apart

12.
Which has a STRONGER force of gravity, Earth or the Moon?
a)
Earth
b)
Moon
13.
Is weight AFFECTED by gravity?
a)

YES, Gravity's force determines your weight.

b)

NO, you always weigh the same.

14.

Which two factors determine how strong the gravitational force is.

a)
mass and distance 
b)
mass and matter
c)
distance and weight 
d)
weight and mass
15.

When you drop a hammer and a feather on Earth, why does the feather fall slower?

a)

air resistance causes the feather to slow down

b)

gravity pulls harder on the hammer than the feather

c)

gravity pulls harder on the feather than the hammer

d)

air resistance causes the hammer to fall slower

16.

TWO of these forces act on parachutes.

a)

Air Resistance

b)

Gravity

c)

Thrust

d)

Kinetic Energy

17.

What causes an object to fall faster?

a)

Smaller surface area

b)

Larger surface area

c)

If it has a parachute

d)

If it is softer

18.

The larger the surface area of the moving object, the ___________ air resistance there is.

a)

Less

b)

More

c)

Longer

d)

Quicker

19.

Air resistance pushes against falling

objects and __________________.

a)

Speeds them up

b)

Keeps them afloat

c)

Slows them down

d)

Spins them

20.

Which has more air resistance?

a)
b)
21.

Air resistance is a force caused by...

a)

Water pushing against moving objects

b)

Air pushing against moving objects

c)

Gravity pushing against moving objects

d)

Normal force pushing against moving objects

22.

The more streamlined an object is, the...

a)

More air resistance

b)

More aerodynamic

23.

When dropped from the same distance, which will fall to the floor faster?

a)
b)
24.

What is aerodynamic ?

a)

Car speed

b)

The way air moves around things

c)

The car body

25.

Which shape is a good aerodynamic

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

26.

Which car is the most areodynamic ?

a)

b)

c)

d)