Gravity and Mass

Front

What keeps the planets in orbit around the sun?

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Gravity

Front

A person would weigh more on Jupiter than on Earth because...

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Jupiter has more mass, and therefore more gravity

Front

A measure of the amount of matter in an object.

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Mass

Front

As the distance between two objects increases, gravitational force decreases.

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Decreases

Front

If Earth's mass was cut in half, your mass would ...

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STAY THE SAME

Front

A group of stars, star systems, star clusters, dust, and gas held together by gravity

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A GALAXY

Front

Earth is located in the _________ galaxy.

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Milky Way

Front

These are used to measure distances in space.

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Light years

Front

Age of the universe

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13.8 billion years

Front

Theory of the universe's origin

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Big Bang Theory