Gravity
6 free practice questions with explanations
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Gravity: example questions & answers
6 worked examples with answers and explanations below. Practise them in the browser with instant feedback on every answer.
What invisible force pulls a dropped ball down to the ground?
- AGravity✓
- BSunshine
- CWind
- DMagnetism
Answer: Gravity is the force that pulls everything down towards the Earth.
If you drop your spoon, which way does gravity make it go?
- AUp
- BSideways forever
- CDown✓
- DRound in circles
Answer: Gravity always pulls objects downwards, so a dropped spoon falls to the floor.
Why do we not float off into the air when we jump?
- AGravity pulls us back down✓
- BOur shoes are magnetic
- CThe air is sticky
- DWe are too heavy to move
Answer: Gravity pulls us back down to the ground every time we jump.
Astronauts far out in space can float around because there is very little what?
- ALight to see by
- BColour in space
- CGravity pulling them down✓
- DAir to breathe out
Answer: With hardly any gravity to pull them, astronauts float about in space.
Which of these falls to the ground because of gravity?
- AA rainbow
- BA star at night
- CA cloud staying in the sky
- DAn apple dropping from a tree✓
Answer: Gravity pulls the apple down from the tree to the ground.
Gravity is the force that keeps the Moon travelling around which planet?
- AThe Sun's twin
- BEarth✓
- CJupiter
- DMars
Answer: Earth's gravity holds the Moon in its path, circling around us.