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Gravity and forces in everyday life

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is gravity?
a)
A force
b)
Energy
c)
A push
d)
All of them
2.

Which has more mass, the Earth or the Moon?

a)

Earth

b)

Moon

c)

Their masses are the same

3.

Which has a STRONGER force of gravity, the Earth or the Moon?

a)

Earth

b)

Moon

4.
Any object with mass has gravity.
a)
True
b)
Sometimes
c)
False
d)
Never
5.

What two things determine the gravity of an object?

a)

mass & weight

b)

mass & distance

c)

density & mass

d)

volume & distance

6.

When will the forces of gravity between two objects be the GREATEST?

a)

when the masses of both objects are small and the objects are far apart

b)

when the masses of both objects are large and the objects are close together

c)

when the masses of both objects are small and the objects are close together

d)

when the masses of both objects are large and the objects are far apart

7.

Which statement about gravity is true?

a)

gravity causes objects to pull towards one another

b)

gravity causes objects to push away from each other

c)

gravity only takes place between planets

d)

the moon doesn't have any gravity

8.

Which model has greater gravitational attraction.

a)

Model A

b)

Model B

c)

Model A and B have the same amount of gravitational attraction.

9.

What keeps the planets in orbit around the sun?

a)

gravity

b)

friction

c)

density

d)

distance

10.

When will the gravity between two objects be the LEAST?

a)

when the masses of both objects is small and the objects are close together

b)

when the masses of both objects is small and the objects are far apart

c)

when the masses of both objects is large and the objects are close together

d)

when the masses of both objects is large and the objects are far apart

11.
Gravity attracts all objects towards one another. 
a)
True
b)
False 
12.
As distance between objects increases the pull of gravity...
a)
increases 
b)
decreases 
c)
Stays the same 
13.
An example of a gravitational interaction is that the Earth... 
a)
orbits the sun
b)
orbits the moon
c)
orbits other planets 
d)
None of the above 
14.
__________holds all of the planets in orbit around the sun.
a)
Force
b)
Motion
c)
Weight
d)
Gravity
15.

The planet Mars has less gravity than Earth. This is because Mars has ___________ mass than the planet Earth.

a)

less

b)

more

c)

the same

16.

A teacher is pushing a cart filled with books down a hallway with a wooden floor. Which change would help the teacher move the cart more easily?

a)

putting fewer books in the cart

b)

removing the wheels from the cart

c)

carrying the cart instead of rolling it

d)

laying carpet over the wooden floor

17.

Which cart will go the farthest?

a)

empty cart with a little force

b)

empty cart with a lot of force

c)

cart with bricks and a little force

18.

If a ball is moving towards the west, and you push it from the east to the west, what will happen?

a)

the ball will speed up

b)

the ball will change direction

c)

the ball will slow down

19.

Which box requires the smallest force to lift off the ground?

a)

box with a mass of 4.5 kilograms

b)

box with a mass of 10 kilograms

c)

box with a mass of 3.5 kilograms

d)

box with a mass of 5 kilograms

20.

________ acts to slow the rate at which objects fall.

a)

Thrust

b)

Barometer

c)

Air Resistance

d)

Gravity

21.

What is a parachute designed to maximize?

a)

Gravity

b)

Air Pressure

c)

Air Resistance

d)

Thrust

22.

The driving force behind jet airplanes and rockets is called?

a)

Thrust

b)

Force

c)

Push

d)

Air Pressure

23.

The weight of air pushing on everything around it is called?

a)

Air Resistance

b)

Force

c)

Gravity

d)

Air Pressure

24.

Which exerts more pressure

a)

Faster-moving air

b)

Slower-moving air

25.

Would a rock or pencil need a greater force of air to move it?

a)

Pencil

b)

Niether

c)

Rock

d)

They both need the same force to move them

26.

This is what happens to an object when the gravitational force is stronger than the buoyant force.

a)

sinks

b)

floats

c)

neutrally buyant

d)

I don't know...

27.

This is what happens to an object when the buoyant force is stronger than the gravitational force.

a)

sinks

b)

floats

c)

neutrally buyant

d)

I don't know...

28.

If we place an empty sealed plastic bottle in water, we know it will float. What could we do to make it sink?

a)

You can't make a plastic bottle sink

b)

Increase mass (fill it with coins)

c)

Fill the bottle with helium

d)

Decrease mass (use a bottle made out of lighter plastic)

29.

If an object, such as a ball of clay sinks, what would we need to do to its volume to make it float?

a)

Clay can't float

b)

Increase the volume

c)

Decrease the volume

d)

Keep the volume the same

30.

Which properties affect buoyancy?

(select all that apply)

a)

Mass

b)

Volume

c)

Density

d)

Luster

31.

The density of fresh water is 1 g/cm3.


Imagine the clay boat you just designed has a density of 1.5 g/cm3. What would happen to your boat if you placed it in fresh water?

a)

sink

b)

float

c)

neutrally buoyant

d)

no way of knowing what would happen

32.

The density of fresh water is 1 g/cm3.


Imagine the clay boat you just designed has a density of 0.8 g/cm3. What would happen to your boat if you placed it in fresh water?

a)

sink

b)

float

c)

neutrally buoyant

d)

no way of knowing what would happen