Gravity on other worlds
Grade 11 Science Worksheet - Building Confidence
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NASA lists Jupiter's surface gravity as 23.1 m/s². What would a 5 kg box weigh there, Ari?
NASA lists Venus's surface gravity as 8.9 m/s². What would a 12 kg box weigh there, Bo?
NASA lists Mercury's surface gravity as 3.7 m/s². What would a 20 kg box weigh there, Esme?
In the diagram, which world has the strongest surface gravity, Jun?
- Earth, since its g is 9.8 m/s²
- Jupiter, at 23.1 m/s²
- Venus, the world closest to Earth in size
In the diagram, which two worlds have the same surface gravity, Kira?
Use the picture in question 4.
- Mars and the Moon, the two smallest
- Mercury and Mars
- Earth and Venus, since they are similar in size
In the diagram, about how many times Earth's surface gravity is Jupiter's, Luz?
Use the picture in question 4.
- About 318 times, like its mass
- About 2.4 times
- About 11 times, like its size
A 10 kg rover goes from Earth to Mars. What happens to its mass, Milo?
- It stays 10 kg
- It becomes 0 kg
- It drops to about 3.8 kg
What changes when a box is taken from Earth to the Moon, Noah?
- Neither of them
- Its weight, but not its mass
- Its mass, but not its weight
A spring scale reads 98 N for a box on Earth, where g = 9.8 m/s². What is the box's mass, Pia?
- 960.4 kg
- 98 kg
- 10 kg
Two worlds have the same radius, but one has twice the mass. How do their surface gravities compare, Zee?
- The heavier one's is 4 times as strong
- The heavier one's is twice as strong
- They are the same, since the sizes match