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WorksheetsWeight, Mass and Strength of Gravity
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 40mins
Which of these statements is TRUE?
Gravity is a force which exists between all objects with mass.
Gravity is the same strength throughout the universe.
Gravity causes objects to fall to the Earth at a constant speed.
The more massive an object, the stronger its gravitational field. Which of these does NOT affect the gravitational field?
The distance from the centre of mass.
The mass of the object within the field.
Which of these statements is TRUE?
You have no weight on a space station orbiting the Earth.
No gravity acts in space on a trip from the Earth to Mars.
Gravitational fields and magnetic fields are the same.
Different masses have different weights on the Earth.
On the Moon there is no air and hence no air resistance so objects fall at..
A constant speed.
A constant acceleration.
A constant distance from the source of gravity.
If I travel to the Moon what about me changes?
My mass
My height
My weight
Which 2 of these could be a definition of weight. Tick 2 boxes.
The pulling force between objects as a result of their mass.
The distance of the mass to the point of gravitational telescopic spectroscopy.
The mass in kilograms of an object multiplied by the strength of the gravitational field in N/kg.
The total amount of matter (stuff) in and object.
A rock on Earth has a mass of 15kg.
On Earth g - 9.8m/s.
What is the weight of the rock on Earth and what is the correct unit?
147 kg
154 N
154 kg
147 N
If an object weighs 306N on Earth, what does it weigh on the moon?
On Earth g = 9.8N/kg
On the Moon G = 1.6N/kg
1N
15.68N
50N
2998.8N
