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Grade 5 Gravity Worksheet with Answers
Grade 5 (US) · Year 6 (UK) · Class 5 (India) · Science
Unit 2: Forces & SpaceGravityNGSS 5-PS2-1
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: Gravity · NGSS 5-PS2-1
Directions: Read each question carefully and write your answer on the line.
RememberGravity, mass and weight
- 1
What would happen to the moon if Earth's gravity disappeared?
- 2
Why do objects of different weights fall at the same rate without air?
- 3
Would you weigh more or less on the moon?
- 4
Which pulls harder on you: Earth's gravity or the moon's?
- 5
What keeps Earth orbiting the sun?
- 6
Does your mass change when you go to the moon?
- 7
Why do raindrops fall down instead of floating?
- 8
Why does a ball fall when you drop it?
- 9
Does gravity act on the moon?
- 10
What keeps the moon orbiting Earth?
- 11
A ball is thrown straight up. Why does it come back down?
- 12
Which way does gravity pull objects near Earth?
★ Challenge corner for fast finishers
I pull everything toward Earth but you can't see me. What am I?
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Answer key — Gravity (Grade 5)
- 1.it would move off in a straight line into space
- 2.gravity speeds all objects up equally
- 3.less
- 4.Earth's gravity
- 5.the sun's gravity
- 6.no — only your weight changes
- 7.gravity pulls them toward Earth's center
- 8.gravity pulls it down
- 9.yes
- 10.gravity
- 11.gravity pulls it back toward Earth
- 12.down, toward Earth's center
- ★gravity
Answer key (click to show)
- 1.it would move off in a straight line into space
- 2.gravity speeds all objects up equally
- 3.less
- 4.Earth's gravity
- 5.the sun's gravity
- 6.no — only your weight changes
- 7.gravity pulls them toward Earth's center
- 8.gravity pulls it down
- 9.yes
- 10.gravity
- 11.gravity pulls it back toward Earth
- 12.down, toward Earth's center
- ★gravity (challenge corner)
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