Home     About Quizmoz     Take a Quiz     Make a Quiz     QuizMoz Store     Login     Contact QuizMoz           Find a quiz.   Example: Harry Potter Quiz Make a Trivia Quiz Make a Quiz about Yourself Make Free Personality Test Recommend QuizMoz Become an QuizMoz Quiz Master, and get paid for making Quizzes. Apply Now.   Personal Injury Law Quizzes         Home > Quizzes and Fun Tests > Earth Science Quizzes > Gravitation Quiz  Gravitation Quiz Welcome to the QuizMoz Gravitation Quiz. QuizMoz offers one of the Internet's largest collection of quizzes for you to tease your brain and pit your wits against the experienced QuizMoz quiz masters. Go ahead and find out what you know about yourself and the world around you. Best of luck!!  Gravitation Quiz Facts  Average Score for this quiz: 49%  No of times this quiz has been taken: 11  No of people passing this quiz: 7  No of people failing this quiz: 4  Maximum score for this quiz: 83% Coverage : Gravitation is a natural phenomenon by which all the objects with mass attract each. It is reason for the existence of earth, sun and moon. The Gravitational Quiz is about such concepts including its historical detection, mathematical equations and its discoverers. Check out the Gravitational Quiz and know what you have not learned yet! 1.  Which scientist worked on the gravitational theory in the late 16th century and early 17th century? a. Galileo Galilei b. Isaac Newton c. Albert Einstein d. Alexander Volta   2.  The first correct description of gravity was given by: a. Al Khazini b. Ibn Al-Haytham c. Isaac Newton d. Muhammed Ibn Musa   3.  What is the value for the gravitational constant "g" at the earth's surface? a. 9.8 meters per second square b. 3.8 meters per second square c. 6.7 meters per second square d. 4.2 meters per second square   4.  How will you describe Newton's law of gravitation in terms of an equation? a. E=m(c square) b. F=mg c. F=WS d. F=W   5.  "Weight causes falling" was a concept in 8th century BC which was introduced by: a. Abdul Salam b. Kanada c. Brahmagupta d. Newton   6.  Which of the following are correct? a. Gravitational force is directly proportional to the mass of the object b. Gravitational force is inversely proportional to the mass of the object c. Gravitational force is inversely proportional to the square of distances between the objects d. Gravitational force is directly proportional to the square of the distances between the objects   7.  In space, an object maintains its orbit due to the force of gravity acting upon it? a. True b. False   8.  LIGO stands for: a. Life in Gravitational Orbit b. Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory c. Latest Investigation Gravitational Organization d. Laboratory Investigating Gravity Operation   9.  How is artificial gravity defined? a. It is a simulation of gravity in outer space or free-fall b. It is a type of gravity in space between earth and sun c. It is a gravity used to send satellite in space d. It is gravity used to estimate the speed of light   10.  When are the kinematical and dynamical equations describing the paths of falling bodies simple? a. When gravitational force is constant b. When gravitational force is zero c. When gravitational force is maximum d. When gravitational force is minimum   11.  According to Newton's third law of motion, earth itself experiences a gravitational force, which is: a. Equal and opposite to the force acting on other body b. Negligent as earth has a huge mass c. Affects its motion in its orbit d. Strong and pulls out earth out of its orbit   12.  What did Aristotle, a Greek philosopher, believe about gravity before it was actually discovered? a. There is no effect without a cause and no motion without a force b. There is no reaction unless and until there is an action c. Work done on a body causes it to rest d. Every moving object possesses some kinetic energy   Please enter your Name and what you would like to tell everyone about Gravitation  Name: Think you know more about Gravitation and would like others to know too? Whether its a great fact, a joke, a personal experience or an interesting anecdote, please share it with all the human beings on planet earth. Your contribution will help keep QuizMoz a free site for all.    (Optional) (average submission size - 5 to 10 lines) What others think about Gravitation By: Aumkar on 10/12/2008    It was enjoyable. By: Samantha on 10/11/2008    This is so cool. Even though I really did not know some of the questions, it was still fun! By: Tracy on 10/10/2008    Great test. A nice way to gauge one's knowledge By: Sridhar on 10/9/2008    Its a really good way to brush up things and informative also. By: Penny on 10/8/2008    NICE WEBSITE, great quiz!   Home     About Us      Advertise     Terms of Service     Privacy Policy     Contact QuizMoz    FAQ     SiteMap Copyright © 2007.www.quizmoz.com. All rights are reserved.