Planetary Orbits

What is the force that keeps a planet in orbit around the Sun?

• Friction

• Tension

• Gravity

• weight

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Choose all that apply. Which of the following is required for planets to stay in orbit around the Sun?

• Gravity

• Weight

• Friction

• Forward Motion

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What prevents planets from being pulled into and crash into the Sun due to its Gravity?

• Gravity

• Weight

• Friction

• Forward Motion

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What prevents planets from drifting off into space and keeps it in the planets in our Solar System?

• Gravity

• Weight

• Friction

• Forward Motion

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What would happen to Earth if its forward motion stopped?

• Earth would continue to orbit in our Solar System normally.

• Earth would sit motionless and not moving.

• Earth would drift off in space because nothing would hold it in the Solar System.

• Earth would move toward the Sun and eventually crash into it.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What would happen to Earth if the Sun's gravity dissappeared?

• Earth would continue to orbit in our Solar System normally.

• Earth would sit motionless and not moving.

• Earth would drift off in space because nothing would hold it in the Solar System.

• Earth would move toward the Sun and eventually crash into it.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2