Hi Everyone!! This article will share Gravity Questions & Answers.
This poem is written by Santhini Govindan. In my previous posts, I have shared the questions and answers of Apostrophe To The Ocean, The Black Spot and A Cry Against Exploitation so, you can check these posts as well.
Gravity Questions & Answers
Question 1: Choose the correct option:
1. According to the speaker, the gravitational force is __________.
(a) useless
(b) weak
(c) extraordinary
(d) noisy
2. In the poem, the speaker gives examples of __________ to describe gravity works.
(a) ball, socks, juice, rocks
(b) ball, fruit, bathwater, rocks
(c) ball, soap, bathwater, rocks
(d) ball, trees, bathwater, rocks
3. According to the speaker, if he lands on another star it would be a __________.
(a) dull, warm and bright place
(b) scary, cold and dark place
(c) happy, rainy and small place
(d) boring, hot and big place
4. Towards the end of the poem, the speaker finds the idea of gravity __________.
(a) interesting
(b) confusing
(c) boring
(d) simple
Question 2: Giving examples from the poem, explain what will go wrong if gravity disappears.
Answer: If gravity disappeared, the ball we throw would get lost in the sky, the fruits from the tree would roll into the sky, the bathwater would never remain still and moon would stop revolving around the earth.
Question 3: Why is the speaker scared?
Answer: The speaker is scared because if the gravity stops working then he would be upside down floating and landing on different places in the spaces.
Question 4: According to you, what does the teacher in the poem mean when she says that gravity ‘works without a sound’ and ‘keeps the planets on course’?
Answer: The teacher means that gravity is not something heard or seen but it keeps everything together.
Question 5: What age do you think the speaker of the poem is? What are some clues from the poem that help you decide?
Answer: The speaker should be around ten years old. This is evident from the line that said that he learnt about gravity from his teacher.
Question 6: What are some of the words and phrases the speaker uses to describe gravity?
Answer: Some phrases are ‘extraordinary force’, ‘nature’s invisible, most dominant force’ and ‘works without a sound’.
Question 7: Read the poem again and mention three important uses of gravity that are not directly related to us but still important for our survival.
Answer: Three important uses that way would be holding the planets together, meteor shower, keeping everything on the ground and not afloat in the air.
Question 8: If there were no gravity on the Earth, what would have happened?
Answer: If there were no gravity on the Earth then, everything would be afloat in space.
So, these were the Questions & Answers.