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Gravity Introduction

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the follow do not have gravity?

a)

Air

b)

Water

c)

the sun

d)

They all have gravity

2.

Who calculated the Universal Gravitational Constant (G)?

a)

Canvendish

b)

Newton

c)

Plato

d)

Galileo

3.

Who discovered the Law of Universal Gravitation?

a)

Canvendish

b)

Newton

c)

Plato

d)

Galileo

4.

Who discovered that the Earth was not the center of the universe?

a)

Canvendish

b)

Newton

c)

Plato

d)

Galileo

5.

Who taught theories about gravity without performing any experiments?

a)

Canvendish

b)

Newton

c)

Plato

d)

Galileo

6.

Why is math important in Physics?

a)

to describe how objects react to one another

b)

because it makes it harder

c)

To make predictions

d)

because Newton said so!

7.

In which of these frames of reference does the Law of Universal Gravitation not apply?

a)

on the atomic level

b)

very short distances with objects of small mass

c)

in a black hole

d)

ALL OF THESE! WE KNOW NOTHING!!!!!!!

8.

Which of the following is an absolute?

a)

velocity

b)

time

c)

weight

d)

mass

9.

Which of the following is a difference between mass and weight?

a)

weight is the force of gravity

b)

mass is the force of gravity

c)

weight is an absolute

d)

mass is a measure of inertia

10.

If I increase the mass of an object by 2 times, what will happen do the gravity?

a)

the gravity will double

b)

the gravity will quadruple

c)

the gravity will be cut in half

d)

nothing

11.

If I double the distance between 2 objects what will happen to the gravitational force between them?

a)

the gravitational force will be 1/4 what it was

b)

the gravitational force will be 4 time what it was

c)

the gravitational force will be 2 times what it was

d)

unchanged

12.

If I cut the distance in half between 2 objects bring them closer together; what will happen to the gravitational force between them?

a)

the gravitational force will be 1/4 what it was

b)

the gravitational force will be 4 time what it was

c)

the gravitational force will be 2 times what it was

d)

unchanged

13.

To multiply in scientific notation you would multiply the whole member and ___________ the exponents.

a)

subtract

b)

add

c)

divide

d)

keep

14.

To divide in scientific notation you would ____________ the whole numbers and subtract the exponents.

a)

divide

b)

subtract

c)

add

d)

keep

15.

Force is measured in Newtons but gravitational force is measured in ____________

a)

Newtons

b)

m/s/s

c)

Nm/kg

d)

kg

16.

Mass is a measure of ___________

a)

gravity

b)

radius

c)

inertia

d)

force and weight

17.

Gravity is the strongest of the natural forces.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

We know everything there is to know about gravity.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Newton discovered the value of G.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

The Greeks believed that the Earth was the center of the universe.

a)

True

b)

False