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11th grade Gravity on other worlds worksheet

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Gravity on other worlds

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A box weighs 74 N on Mercury, where NASA lists g as 3.7 m/s². What is its mass, Ari?
A box weighs 44.5 N on Venus, where NASA lists g as 8.9 m/s². What is its mass, Bo?
A box weighs 69.3 N on Jupiter, where NASA lists g as 23.1 m/s². What is its mass, Esme?
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A 10 kg rover on six worlds (NASA g values)
World g (m/s²) Weight (N)
Mercury 3.7 37
Venus 8.9 89
Earth 9.8 98
Moon 1.6 16
Mars 3.7 ?
Jupiter 23.1 ?
4.
Using the table, what does the rover weigh on Mars, Jun?
- 37 N
- 3.7 N
- 10 N, its mass
5.
Using the table, what is the rover's mass on Jupiter, Luz?
- 231 kg
- 23.1 kg
- 10 kg
6.
A ball is dropped 2 m on the Moon (g = 1.6 m/s²) and on Earth (g = 9.8 m/s²). Where does it take longer to land, Milo?
- On the Moon
- It takes the same time
- On Earth
7.
On the Moon, where g = 1.6 m/s², how long does a ball take to fall 2 m from rest, Noah?
- About 0.8 s
- About 2.5 s
- About 1.58 s
8.
On Jupiter, where g = 23.1 m/s², a ball dropped from rest falls for 0.5 s. How fast is it moving then, Pia?
- About 46.2 m/s
- About 11.6 m/s
- About 5.8 m/s
9.
A 2 kg box hangs from a spring scale on Mars, where g = 3.7 m/s². What does the scale read, Ren?
- 2 N
- 7.4 N
- 19.6 N, as on Earth
10.
On Earth, a pan balance matches a box with 2 kg of standard masses. What does it show on the Moon, Tala?
- It can't balance
- It still balances with 2 kg
- It needs about one-sixth as much

Gravity on other worlds. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

I can read surface gravity from NASA data (Mercury 3.7, Venus 8.9, Earth 9.8, Moon 1.6, Mars 3.7, Jupiter 23.1 m/s²). I can find weight (mg) and mass (W ÷ g).
I can tell mass from weight. A spring scale reads weight, so its reading changes; a pan balance compares masses, so it doesn't.
I can predict drop times and speeds with g (t = √(2h ÷ g), v = gt).
I can find g from Earth ratios, explain why Jupiter's g is only about 2.4 times Earth's, and solve model-world puzzles with g ∝ M ÷ r².

Standard: HS-PS2-4

gravitational field strength (g): The pull on each kilogram at a place, in N/kg or m/s²

weight: The gravitational pull on an object: W = mg, in newtons

mass: The amount of matter, in kilograms; the same everywhere

spring scale: Measures weight by how far a spring stretches

pan balance: Compares an object's mass with standard masses

Your child divided mass by g. Weight is mass × g.

Your child multiplied weight by g. To find mass from weight, divide by g.

Your child mixed up mass and weight. Mass, in kilograms, stays the same everywhere; weight, in newtons, is mass × g.

What is the most common mistake with gravity on other worlds?

Your child divided mass by g. Weight is mass × g.

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