Factors Affecting Gravitational Force

Factors Affecting Gravitational Force is a one-page scaffolded science sheet built around a single question students rarely get a clean answer to: what actually makes gravity stronger or weaker? The answer is two things — mass and distance — and this sheet takes them one at a time. A complete answer key is included.

Section 1 establishes that objects with more mass have stronger gravity. Section 2 establishes that the closer two objects are, the stronger the pull between them. A two-word Word Bank (stronger, weaker) supports four fill-in-the-blank statements, with a note that each word is used more than once so students must think rather than cross off.

The centerpiece is a controlled comparison. Students see the same two objects, A and B, in two pictures — identical in every way except the distance between them, which is marked with a measuring line. Nothing else changes, so the effect of distance is readable straight off the page, and students decide for themselves which situation has stronger gravity. This is reasoning from evidence, not recall.

An exit question confirms the big idea: gravity depends on mass and distance, not on color or temperature.

What's included: 1 student page (PDF) plus 1 answer key.