Demonstrating Gravity- Grade 5

Hold and suspend erasers in the air. Release them and tell what happens.

Identify what causes the objects to act as they do. Name and define the cause.

The fruits and leaves fell to the ground due to a force acting on them. The erasers dropped to the ground due to a force acting on them. This force is known as gravity.

Gravity is defined as the force acting on objects pulling them down.

Effects of gravity on an object.

1. The force that pulls down things is called the force of gravity.

2. When you throw a ball into the air, gravity pulls it back down. When you release a stone suspended in the air, gravity pulls it down to the ground.

3. When the books are tipped at the edge of the desk, the fall down due to gravity.

4. Gravity causes fruits and leaves to fall from trees.

5. Gravity is a force that pulls things down. It is also called the normal force.

Application of Gravity

The force of gravity enables the following in our lives:

1. Gravity causes a ball you throw in the air to come down again

2. It causes a glass to drop down and fall onto the floor

3. It causes us to move down and slide

4. It causes apple to fall down from apple tree

5. It keeps us firmly on earth, otherwise we would float away into space.

6. It causes a pen that rolls off your desk to fall onto the floor

7. It causes water to move down a river and waterfall.

8.  It causes a rock to roll downhill.