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1 The equation to calculate weight is:

Weight (W) = mass (m) x gravitational strength (g)

Which statement about this equation is correct?

A. g is a force, m and W are not forces.

B. m is a force, g and W are not forces.

C. W is a force, g and m are not forces.

D. g, m and W are not forces.

2 An object has a weight of 6.4 N on the Earth. The gravitational field strength on
Earth is 10 N/kg.

The Moon has a gravitational field strength of 1.6 N/kg.

Which row shows the mass and the weight of the object on the Moon?

Weight on the Moon


Mass (kg)
(N)
A. 0.64 1.0

B. 0.64 6.4

C. 4.0 1.0

D. 4.0 6.4
3 The gravitational force on Earth is 10 N/kg.

Use this information to answer the following questions.

(a) A student has an object with a mass of 5.0 kg.


What is the weight of the object?

(b) The weight of a skydiver is 750 N.


What is the mass of the skydiver?

(c) The mass of the textbook is 1.3 kg.


What is the weight of the textbook?
4 (a) There are eight planets in orbit around the Sun.
Name one other object that orbits the Sun.

(b) Complete the sentences.


Choose answers from the list.
Each word can be used once, more than once or not at all.

Black hole Particles Rocks


Gravity Force Planet

A nebula is formed when …………………………………… in space are pulled

together by ……………………………… . As the size of the nebula increases,

Its ……………………………… becomes stronger and attracts more

……………………………… . This continues until a ……………………………… is

formed.
5 This question is about different planets.

(a) Which planet has the largest orbit?


Tick (✓) one box.

Earth

Jupiter

Mercury

Saturn

Venus

(b) Which planet takes the shortest time to orbit the Sun?
Tick (✓) one box.

Earth

Jupiter

Mercury

Saturn

Venus
(c) Ryan finds this information on the Internet.
It shows how much two people weigh on different planets.

(i) Ryan has a weight of 600 N on Earth.


Estimate Ryan’s weight on Mercury.
Tick (✓) one box.

130 N

190 N

230 N

285 N

(ii) Ryan’s friend has a mass of 50 kg on Earth.


What is his mass on Venus?
6 The figure shows a bird gliding in the sky.

(a) Force A slows the bird down. What is the name of force A?

(b) Force B pulls the bird towards the Earth. What is the name of force B?

(c) What is the unit for measuring force?


7 Class 7 investigate air resistance.

• They run from one end of the playground to the other end of the
playground.
• They measure the time to complete the run.
• They repeat the run with umbrellas.

(a) Class 7 write down their results.


(i) Write their results in the table.

(ii) Calculate the mean (average) times.

Mean time with no umbrella = ……………………………….. s

Mean time with umbrella = ……………………………….. s

(b) Write down a conclusion for this investigation about air resistance.

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