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Grade 4 Gravity Worksheet with Answers
Grade 4 (US) · Year 5 (UK) · Class 4 (India) · Science
Unit 6: Going FurtherAdvanced: Grade 5 PreviewNGSS 5-PS2-1Advanced
Gravity pulls objects toward Earth's center and keeps the moon and planets in orbit. This free upper elementary worksheet has 12 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.
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Learning goal: Advanced: Grade 5 Preview · NGSS 5-PS2-1
Directions: Read each question carefully and write your answer on the line.
RememberGravity, mass and weight
- 1
What keeps the moon orbiting Earth?
- 2
Does gravity act on the moon?
- 3
Would you weigh more or less on the moon?
- 4
Which pulls harder on you: Earth's gravity or the moon's?
- 5
Why do raindrops fall down instead of floating?
- 6
Why do people in Australia not fall off Earth?
- 7
What keeps Earth orbiting the sun?
- 8
Which way does gravity pull objects near Earth?
- 9
A ball is thrown straight up. Why does it come back down?
- 10
Why does a ball fall when you drop it?
- 11
What would happen to the moon if Earth's gravity disappeared?
- 12
Why do objects of different weights fall at the same rate without air?
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I am the hottest planet, even though I am not the closest to the sun. What am I?
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Answer key — Gravity (Grade 4)
- 1.gravity
- 2.yes
- 3.less
- 4.Earth's gravity
- 5.gravity pulls them toward Earth's center
- 6.gravity pulls everyone toward Earth's center
- 7.the sun's gravity
- 8.down, toward Earth's center
- 9.gravity pulls it back toward Earth
- 10.gravity pulls it down
- 11.it would move off in a straight line into space
- 12.gravity speeds all objects up equally
- ★Venus
Answer key (click to show)
- 1.gravity
- 2.yes
- 3.less
- 4.Earth's gravity
- 5.gravity pulls them toward Earth's center
- 6.gravity pulls everyone toward Earth's center
- 7.the sun's gravity
- 8.down, toward Earth's center
- 9.gravity pulls it back toward Earth
- 10.gravity pulls it down
- 11.it would move off in a straight line into space
- 12.gravity speeds all objects up equally
- ★Venus (challenge corner)
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