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Gravitation Grade 9

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Force of gravity is directly proportional to
a)
Mass
b)
Weight
c)
Distance
d)
Time
2.

Force of gravity is inversely proportional to

a)

Mass

b)

Weight

c)

Square of the distance

d)

Time

3.
Which of the following is Newton's Law on Gravitation?
a)
F=Gm1m2/r
b)
F = Gm1m2/r2
c)
F = Gm1m2/2r
d)
F = m1m2/2r
4.

The value of Universal Gravitational constant is

a)

6.673X10-11 Nm-2kg2

b)

6.673X10-11 Nm2kg2

c)

6.673X10-11 Nm2 kg-2

d)

6.673 x10-11 N m-2 kg-2

5.

According to Newton's law of gravitation, the Earth and the Moon are gravitationally attracted to each other. The more massive Earth attracts the Moon with...

a)

a stronger force than the Moon attracts the Earth.

b)

a weaker force than the Moon attracts the Earth.

c)

the same force as the Moon attracts the Earth.

d)

a force that is sometimes stronger and other times weaker than the Moon attracts the Earth.

6.
The balloon in this picture will be demonstrating which of Newton's Laws?
a)
Inertia
b)
F = ma
c)
Fourth Law
d)
Action-Reaction
7.
Inertia is....
a)
for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction
b)
larger objects take more force to move 
c)
an object in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an opposite force
d)
a push that acts in the opposite direction and it slows down.
8.
A 20 kg bike accelerates at 10 m/s2.  what was the force?
a)
25 Newtons
b)
20 Newtons
c)
200 Newtons
d)
10 Newtons
9.
It takes more force to accelerate the iron man on the left than the iron man on the right because the iron man on the left has more mass. This best describes
a)
Newton's first law, the law of inertia
b)
Newton's second law, the law of acceleration
c)
Newton's third law, the law of action reaction 
d)
The law of universal gravitation
10.

Which graph could represent a car moving at a constant speed in a forward direction?

a)
b)
c)
d)
11.

Name the force that causes acceleration of an object moving along a circle and keeps the body moving.

a)

centripetal force

b)

centrifugal force

c)

repulsive force

d)

attractive force

12.

For a given force acceleration is inversely proportional to the mass of an object.

A. The above statement is correct because F=ma

B.The statement is not correct because the value of g is constant.

a)

option A is wrong

b)

both option A and B are wrong because the reasons given are wrong

c)

only option A is correct

d)

both A and B are correct.

13.

Which of the following Laws of Kepler did Newton use to calculate the force of attraction?

a)

Sun is situated at the centre of the orbit

b)

The orbit of the planet is ellipse

c)

The cube pf the mean distance of a planet from the sun is proportional to the square of its orbital period.

d)

The line joining the planet and the sun sweeps equal areas in equal interval of time.

14.

The SI unit of G

a)

Ncm²/kg²

b)

Nm²kg²

c)

Nm²/kg²

d)

Nkg/m²

15.

Newton said that any two masses will...

a)

combine into a larger mass.

b)

attract each other.

c)

create gravitational fields.

d)

push each other apart.