Gravitational Force Notes
Name __________________ Date ______
1. Explain what happens when you drop an elephant and a feather at the same time. Why?
2. Explain what happens when you freefall drop an elephant and a feather at the same time.
Why?
3. Describe the Law of Universal Gravitation.
4. Gravitational force _______________________ as mass ______________________.
Explain why this happens.
5. Explain why an astronaut bounces on the surface of the moon.
6. Draw arrows to illustrate the gravitational force in the diagrams below. Explain the size of
the force.
7. Explain how gravity is important to the earth and other planets.
8. Draw arrows to illustrate the gravitational force in the diagrams below. Explain the size of
the force.