GRAVITY AND FRICTION

AFFECT MOVEMENT
OF OBJECTS

Quarter 3
LEARNING OBJECTIVE

After going through this video, you

are expected to be able to:
➢Describe gravitational force
➢Infer how gravity affects
movements of different objects.
 Write the letter of the key term on
LET’S TRY
your answer sheet that best
completes each sentence.

a. Center b. gravity c. force d. mass e. weight

1. The force that pulls objects together is called ___________.

2. The force of gravity exerted on object’s mass is its ______.
3. The amount of matter that makes up an object is its _____.
4. A ___________ can change the motion of an object.
5. All objects fall towards the ________ of the Earth.
 LET’S EXPLORE AND DISCOVER

Earth’s gravity pulls you even if you jump into the air. When
you throw something up into the air, you know that it will fall.
Earth’s gravity pulls all objects on Earth’s center. However,
Earth’s gravitational pull is not the only gravitational force.
 • Gravity or gravitational force is the
force of attraction between any object
and every other object in the universe.
Every object in the universe that has
mass exerts a gravitational pull or
force on every other mass. It is
gravitational force which holds the air
near to Earth and hold water in the
ocean. Roots of the plants grow
downwards because of gravity. In
many ways, life on Earth depends on
gravitational force.

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 Sir Isaac Newton was the scientist
who discovered the principle of gravity.
According to this, principle, everything
in the universe, whether big or small,
exerts gravity on other things. Since
Earth is massive, it strongly attracts
anything on its surface. The same
concept keeps the planets and other
heavenly bodies in place. Since the sun
is more massive than all planets, its
gravity pulls them into around its orbit.

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 The mass of an object remains the
same anywhere in the universe. If you
travelled to the Moon, to the farthest
planet in the solar system, or to a
distant star, your mass would stay the
same. Your weight, however, would
change because the pull of gravity
between on you and other celestial
object depends on your mass and the
mass of an object.

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 What would happen to your weight if
you went to the moon? The moon has
less mass than Earth, so the force of
gravity on the Moon is less than the
force of gravity on Earth. The gravity on
the moon is about one-sixth the gravity
on Earth. On the Moon, you would weigh
about one-sixth of what you weigh on
Earth. Your mass would stay the same.

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LET US HAVE MORE EXAMPLES
ON THE EFFECTS OF GRAVITY
IN MOVEMENT OF AN OBJECT.
 The girls play
volleyball, the
ball thrown up
then eventually
falls because of
gravity.

Girl Throwing Ball gif - Bing images

This boy playing a
skateboard go
down the
mountain fast
because of the
pull of gravity.

skateboard downhill gif - Bing images

This truck moves
faster even it is
loaded because
of the pull of
gravity

Fully-Loaded truck gif - Bing images

The owner of this
car put a rock
under the wheel
to avoid being
pulling down by
the gravity.

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 LET’S PRACTICE

Activity
Directions: Perform this simple activity, and then answer
the questions that follow.
1. Hold up a book and a single sheet of paper on another hand.
2. At the count of three, release the two objects.
Questions:
1. Which of the two objects fell faster?________________
2. What is the reason why this happen? _______________
3. What can you do to make the paper fall as fast as the
book without putting the paper under or inside the
book. ____________________________________________________
 LET’S DO MORE

Activity
Directions: Write true if the sentence is correct and false if
not.

______ 1. Gravity is a contact force that acts between two

separate objects.
______ 2. Gravity is the force exerted by the Earth which is
equivalent to the mass of an object.
______ 3. Gravity on the moon is less than the gravity on the Earth.
______ 4. The lesser the mass of an object, the greater the pull of
gravity on it.
______ 5. Gravity keeps anything from going up.
 LET’S REMEMBER

Every matter that has mass exerts a significant amount of

gravitational pull on its neighboring objects. In simple words,
gravity is the force of nature that drags a body towards the
center of the Earth or towards any other physical object.
Gravity majorly depends on the mass of the objects and the
distance between them.
The mass of the object is directly proportional to the
force of gravitational attraction. It means for heavy objects
the gravitational pull will be stronger as compared to light
objects.
 LET’S ASSESS

Read and analyze the question below. Then write the letter
of the best answer on your answer sheet.

______ 1. Which of these statements is true about gravity?

A. It is a pushing force.
B. It can act over a distance
C. Only very large object have it.
D. It acts only on objects that are touching.
______ 2. What force is exerted when the bike continue going down
the hill because the hand brake is not functioning?
A. Gravity B. Friction C. Acceleration D. air resistance
______ 3. The moon remains in its orbit around Earth because of
the _______________ forces between the two bodies.
A. magnetic B. frictional c. electrostatic D. gravitational
______ 4. Which is the best example of gravity? A _________________
A. car hits a tree, and its motion stops
B. breeze blows, and a sailboat moves
C. book is pushed, and it moves across the table
D. person drops a ball, and it falls to the ground
______ 5. Which object would be most difficult to lift against
gravity?
A. a marble B. a soccer ball C. a chair D. a car
______ 6. What causes the ball to fall on the ground when you
throw it up?
A. Gravity B. Acceleration C. Speed D. Wind
______
7. What will you do when you are driving going up the
hill? You will ___________________________.
A. You will exert more force is to accelerate.
B. You will exert less force to accelerate.
C. You will stop at the middle of the hill
D. You will use break to accelerate.
______ 8. Your kite flies up in the air and then when the wind
stops blowing, it goes down. Why?
A. The wind pulls the kite down to the ground.
B. There is no air around, so the kite goes down.
C. The force of gravity flies the kite up and moves it
down.
D. Gravity pulls the kite down when the wind stops
blowing.
______ 9. Dry leaves fall to the ground, flying pieces of paper fall
back on grassy area. The dust in the air drops on the floor.
What conclusion can you give on these observations?
A. Gravity causes the objects to fall on the ground.
B. Gravity pushes the objects up and pulls them down.
C. The force of gravity moves the objects to another
place.
D. The air blows harder to transfer the objects to another
place.
______ 10. Which statement is true? When running down the hill
_____________________.
A. gravity pulls you down.
B. gravity pulls you up.
C. wind pushes you.
D. wind pulls you.
 ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY

List the things that might happen if there is no gravity

What might happen if there is no

Gravity
1.
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❑ REFERENCES:

PIVOT IV-A Learner’s Material First Quarter First Edition, 2020

Department of education, MIMAROPA region, division of oriental Mindoro
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https://www.wikihow.com/images/4/48/Prevent-a-Car-from-Rolling-Back-on -
the-hill-Step-17-Version-3.jpg
Fully-Loaded truck gif - Bing images
Girl Throwing Ball gif - Bing images
skateboard downhill gif - Bing images