WorksheetsHow does Gravity Impact the Solar System ?
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is Gravity?
a)
Gravity is an invisible force that pulls objects toward each other.
b)
Gravity is matter.
c)
Gravity is space.
d)
A silly force that makes things fall or float and makes things fly like a unicorn!
2.
_discovered gravity
(a)
3.
What do you think would happen without gravity?
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4.
How well do you understand the concept of gravity?
a)
I have a good understanding of gravity.
b)
I have a poor understanding of gravity.
5.
Without gravity we would________.
a)
Float away
b)
Stay in the ground
c)
Nothing would happen.
d)
I don't know
6.
Why a ball falls to the ground?
a)
Earth's force of gravity is GREATER than the ball's, so the ball gets attracted to the ground.
b)
Earth's force of gravity is LESS than the ball's, so the ball gets attracted to the ground.
7.
Which has more mass, Earth or the Moon?
a)
Earth
b)
Moon
c)
The same
8.
Which has a STRONGER force of gravity, Earth or the Moon?
a)
Earth
b)
Moon
9.
Why can astronauts jump and float a little on the Moon?
a)
Because the Moon's gravity is NOT that STRONG.
b)
Because the Moon's gravity is VERY STRONG.
10.
Where can you jump higher, on Earth or on the Moon?
a)
Earth
b)
Moon
11.
What is mass?
a)
How much MATTER makes up an object.
b)
How much GRAVITY is pulling an object.
12.
What is weight?
a)
The measure of how HEAVY something is.
b)
The measure of how much GRAVITY is pulling on an object.
c)
BOTH answers are correct.
d)
None of them.
13.
Is weight AFFECTED by gravity?
a)
YES, depending on the force of gravity is how much you weight.
b)
NO, it is not related.
14.
Where would you weigh more, on Earth or on the Moon?
a)
Earth
b)
Moon
15.
Where would you have more mass, on Earth or on the Moon?
a)
Earth
b)
Moon
c)
IS THE SAME, mass DOESN'T CHANGE
d)
In both Planets.
16.
Any object with mass has gravity.
a)
True
b)
Sometimes
c)
False
d)
Never
17.
Gravity attracts all objects towards one another.
a)
False
b)
True
c)
It depends
18.
The force of gravity acting on an object is the object's ______.
a)
mass
b)
matter
c)
weight
d)
friction
19.
The law of universal gravitation is credited to whom?
a)
Einstein
b)
Galileo
c)
Darwin
d)
Newton
20.
A person would weigh less on on the Moon than on the Earth because . . .
a)
Moon has more mass, and therefore more gravity
b)
Moon has less mass, and therefore more gravity
c)
Moon has more mass, and therefore less gravity
d)
Moon has less mass and therefore less gravity
21.
Two factors effecting the magnitude of the force of gravity between 2 objects are...
a)
mass and distance
b)
mass and matter
c)
distance and weight
d)
weight and mass
22.
If Earth's mass was cut in half, what would happen to your mass?
a)
increase because gravitational force increases
b)
decrease because gravitational force decreases
c)
decrease because gravitational force increases
d)
nothing, mass is not affected by gravitational force
23.
If Earth's mass was cut in half, what would happen to your weight?
a)
Increase because gravitational force increases
b)
decrease because gravitational force decreases
c)
decrease because gravitational force increases
d)
nothing, weight is not affected by gravitational force
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