Gravity and the Earth

one half of Earth

• hemisphere

• geosphere

• geography

a force that pulls things toward the center of Earth

• mass

• weight

• gravity

how heavy an object is

• mass

• weight

• gravity

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Thousands of years ago people thought Earth was __________, because of how it looks when we are standing on it.

• flat

• round

• oval

CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY:

What is meant when someone says that an object “falls down”?

• It goes in the opposite direction of the sky.

• It falls towards the surface of Earth.

• It falls towards the Southern Hemisphere

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

On Earth, gravity makes things fall

• toward the center of the Earth

• toward the equator

• toward the South Pole

The sun sets in the

• north

• south

• east

• west

The sun rises in the

• north

• east

• south

• west

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

This scientist came discovered the force of gravity

• Isaac Newton

• Galileo Galilei

• Nicolas Copernicus

When Isaac Newton was sitting under a tree, a/an ___________________ fell on his head.

• rock

• orange

• apple