Gravity - Worksheet 2
Grade 5•Science•Gravity
Aligned to: 5-PS2-1
Answer the following questions about gravity.
1.
An astronaut's mass is 70 kg on Earth and 70 kg on the Moon, but their weight changes. Why does mass stay the same while weight changes?
A.Mass and weight are the same thing
B.Mass is the amount of matter (which doesn't change), but weight depends on gravity, which is weaker on the Moon
C.The astronaut loses mass in space
D.Weight cannot change
2.
What would happen to the planets if the Sun suddenly lost all its gravity?
A.The planets would crash into the Sun
B.The planets would fly off in straight lines into space
C.Nothing would change
D.The planets would stop moving
3.
Why do objects have weight?
A.Because of air
B.Because of gravity pulling on them
C.Because of light
D.Because of heat
4.
Which has stronger gravity, Earth or the Moon?
A.The Moon
B.Earth
C.They are equal
D.Neither has gravity
5.
Where would you weigh less, on Earth or on the Moon?
A.On Earth
B.On the Moon
C.The same on both
D.You wouldn't weigh anything
6.
What keeps planets orbiting around the Sun?
A.Magnetism
B.Gravity
C.Air pressure
D.Electricity
7.
What happens when you drop an object?
A.It floats away
B.Gravity pulls it down
C.It flies up
D.Nothing
8.
The Sun's gravity keeps planets in orbit.
9.
Gravity only exists on Earth.
10.
Objects with more mass have stronger gravity.
11.
is the force that pulls objects toward each other.
12.
The more an object has, the stronger its gravity.