Gravity
● Finish this sentence: “What goes up must come down.”
Quote by Sir Isaac Newton. Born 1642, England. He was the
first to make a mathematical equation to calculate gravity.
● Q: If gravity pulls us down, why don’t we fall off the Earth?
First guess:
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● Info: Gravity is an attractive force that affects all objects with
mass.
○ Objects with mass are attracted to other objects with
mass.
Revised answer: use the words attract(ed) & mass.
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● Q: Patrick weighs himself on Earth and the scale says 120 lb. ● Q: A comet is going in a straight line past Earth. However, as it
When he goes to the moon and weighs himself, the scale says gets closer, its path begins to bend toward Earth. Why did its
20 lb. Nothing changed about Patrick except his location. Why path bend as it got closer to Earth?
did the scale say two different weights?
First guess:
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● Info: Gravity has to do with mass.
○ The greater the mass, the greater the gravity that object ● Info: Gravity has to do with distance.
has. ○ The closer an object is to another object, the more
○ All objects with mass have gravity. We are attracted to gravity affects the objects.
the Earth and the Earth is attracted to us.
Revised answer: use the word mass. ● Revised answer: use the word distance.
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Gravity
● Finish this sentence: “What goes up must ________ ________.”
Quote by ___________________________________________.
He was the first to make a ______________________________.
● Q: If gravity pulls us down, why don’t we fall off the Earth?
First guess:
Glue this side down ____________________________________________________
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● Info: Gravity is an _____________ _______________ that
affects all objects with ______________.
○ Objects with ______________ are _______________ to
other objects with ______________.
Revised answer: use the words ____________ & ____________.
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● Q: Patrick weighs himself on Earth and the scale says 120 lb. ● Q: A comet is going in a straight line past Earth. However, as it
When he goes to the moon and weighs himself, the scale says gets closer, its path begins to bend toward Earth. Why did its
20 lb. Nothing changed about Patrick except his location. Why path bend as it got closer to Earth?
did the scale say two different weights?
First guess:
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● Info: Gravity has to do with ________________.
○ The greater the _____________, the greater the ● Info: Gravity has to do with __________________.
______________ that object has. ○ The ______________ an object is to another object, the
○ ______________________ have gravity. We are __________ _____________ affects the objects.
__________ to the Earth and the Earth is ___________
to us. ● Revised answer: use the word _______________.
Revised answer: use the word _______________. ____________________________________________________
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