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WorksheetsExplain Gravity
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 14mins
The attractive force between objects is called....
force
Gravity
inertia
motion
The ............ of 2 objects and their distance from each other determine the gravitational force between them
GRAVITY
MASS
INERTIA
WHAT 2 FACTORS affect the force of gravity?
Mass and inertia
Mass and Distance
Distance and Inertia
Mass and Gravity
As the mass of interacting objects increases, gravity.....
increases
decreases
As the mass of interacting objects decreases, gravity.....
increases
decreases
As the distance of interacting objects increases, gravity.....
increases
decreases
The greater the pull of gravity on an object, the greater the ............. of that object.
mass
weight
gravity
What prevents planets from drifting off into space and keeps it in the planets in our Solar System?
Gravity
Weight
Friction
Forward Motion
Factors that influence the strength of gravity between two objects are their mass and their _______ apart.
Newton
Distance
Gravity
Freefall
The SI unit for measure of weight is the _______.
Newton
Distance
Gravity
Mass
_______ is the measure of the force of gravity pulling on an object.
Weight
Mass
Gravity has traditionally been defined as a force of attraction between things that have ______.
Weight
Mass
In an investigation, Ross drops a basketball from a ladder and watches it fall to the ground. What is the force that pulls the basketball to the ground?
Acceleration
Distance
Gravity
Mass
Why does the Moon orbit Earth?
There is a chemical attraction between the Earth and the Moon.
There is a gravitation attraction between the Earth and the Moon.
There is a magnetic attraction between the Earth and the Moon.
There is mechanical attraction between the Earth and the Moon.
