Gravity and Celestial Objects

Front

What is the force of attraction between two objects that is directly related to mass and indirectly related to distance?

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Gravity

Front

What are objects made of ice, gas, and dust that orbit our sun called?

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Comets

Front

What are large and small rocks or metallic masses orbiting the Sun, made up of materials similar to those that formed the planets?

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Asteroids

Front

What is a shooting star actually called?

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Meteor

Front

What are millions of pieces of rocky material of various sizes that orbit the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter known as?

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Asteroids

Front

What is the term for the gravitational pull that keeps planets in orbit around the sun?

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Gravitational Force

Front

What is the name of the path that an object takes as it moves around another object in space?

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Orbit

Front

What is the difference between a meteoroid, meteor, and meteorite?

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A meteoroid is a small rock or particle from space, a meteor is the streak of light produced when a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere, and a meteorite is a meteoroid that survives its passage through the atmosphere and lands on Earth.

Front

What is the largest planet in our solar system?

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Jupiter

Front

What celestial body orbits a planet?

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Moon