Gravity Quiz Review

Read the descriptions and choose the ones that best demonstrate how the force of gravity pulls objects towards the center of Earth.

• A man rides and escalator up to the main floor of a building

• A girl throws a ball up in the air and watches it fall to the ground

• A pencil rolls off a table and onto the floor

• A sky diver jumps out of an airplane

• A soccer ball rolls across a field

Haley's Comet, Jupiter, Meteors, Asteroids, Venus, and Meteorites all...

• Orbit the sun

• Orbit Earth

• Are outside of the solar system

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The moon...

• Orbits the sun

• Orbits Earth

• Is outside of the solar system

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Other stars...

• Orbit the sun

• Orbit Earth

• Are outside of the solar system

What forces allows a basketball to fall into the basketball hoop?

• Momentum

• Friction

• Gravity

• Motion

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Henry weighs 50 kg on Earth. His friend tells him he will only weigh about 8.4 kg on the moon. Why would Henry's weight change?

• Earth has a stronger gravitational pull on Henry

• Henry's weigh would not change. His friend is incorrect.

• Earth has a stronger magnetic field.

• The moon has a stronger magnetic field.

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Gravity is a very important force in the solar system. Put the following solar system objects in order of how much gravity they have.

An asteroid, The sun, The moon, Jupiter, Earth

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Think about the objects below and arrange them by the amount of gravitational force they exert, from least to greatest.

Bowling ball, dump truck, moon, earth, sun

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Select the statement below that most correctly describes gravity.

• Gravity exists on Earth only

• Gravity pulls objects

• Gravity happens only when two objects touch

• Gravity affects only one object

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Select the objects that change directions because of gravity

• A ball thrown across a room

• An apple is tossed up in the air

• A paper airplane is thrown through the air

• A box is slid across a table

• A ball is rolled across the ground

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