Gravity and Solar System

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What is gravity?

Back

Gravity is a force that attracts two bodies towards each other, keeping planets in orbit around the sun and moons in orbit around planets.

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What role does gravity play in the solar system?

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Gravity is the force that holds the solar system together, keeping planets, moons, and other celestial bodies in their orbits.

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What keeps the planets in orbit around the sun?

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The force of gravity.

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What keeps the moon in orbit around the Earth?

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The force of gravity.

Front

List the inner planets of the solar system in order from the sun.

Back

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars.

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What is the gravitational pull?

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Gravitational pull is the attraction that one object exerts on another due to their masses.

Front

Which has a greater gravitational pull: a larger mass or a smaller mass?

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A larger mass has a greater gravitational pull.

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What is an example of a gravitational interaction?

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The Earth orbits the Sun due to the gravitational pull between them.

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What is the difference between inner and outer planets?

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Inner planets are rocky and closer to the sun, while outer planets are gas giants and farther from the sun.

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What is the solar system?

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The solar system is a collection of celestial bodies, including the sun, planets, moons, asteroids, and comets, bound by gravity.