Grade 5 gravity practice that uses fill-ins about balances, spring scales, Jupiter, and the orbiting space station along with a four-pair matching task; students apply mass and weight ideas to tools and situations and explain why astronauts float without saying gravity disappeared in space. Students apply weight versus mass in real Grade 5 problems comparing measurements on Earth, Moon, and Mars in this focused practice worksheet today.
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Gravity
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. A balance compares two masses, so it measures mass.
2. A spring scale stretches more when gravity pulls harder, so it measures weight.
3. An object with more mass has a stronger pull of gravity acting on it.
4. If a backpack has a mass of 5 kilograms, it has 5 kilograms on the Moon as well.
5. A 60 newton dog on Earth would weigh only about 10 newtons on the Moon.
6. On Jupiter, a person would feel much heavier because Jupiter's gravity is much stronger.
7. Astronauts inside the orbiting space station appear to float because they are in free fall.
8. Even though astronauts float, gravity from Earth still pulls on them.
9. The amount of matter in your body is your mass.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
Balance
→ Compares two masses to measure mass
Increases an object's weight
Spring scale
→ Stretches with the local gravity to show weight
Float because they are in free fall
Stronger gravity
→ Increases an object's weight
Compares two masses to measure mass
Astronauts in space station
→ Float because they are in free fall
Stretches with the local gravity to show weight
Gravity
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) A balance compares two masses, so it measures mass.
2) A spring scale stretches more when gravity pulls harder, so it measures weight.
3) An object with more mass has a stronger pull of gravity acting on it.
4) If a backpack has a mass of 5 kilograms, it has 5 kilograms on the Moon as well.
5) A 60 newton dog on Earth would weigh only about 10 newtons on the Moon.
6) On Jupiter, a person would feel much heavier because Jupiter's gravity is much stronger.
7) Astronauts inside the orbiting space station appear to float because they are in free fall.
8) Even though astronauts float, gravity from Earth still pulls on them.
9) The amount of matter in your body is your mass.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
Balance
→ Compares two masses to measure mass
Increases an object's weight
Spring scale
→ Stretches with the local gravity to show weight
Float because they are in free fall
Stronger gravity
→ Increases an object's weight
Compares two masses to measure mass
Astronauts in space station
→ Float because they are in free fall
Stretches with the local gravity to show weight
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