Orbiting Satellites

The first satellite's name was:

• Twix
• Sputnik
• Nikkita
• Bolsha

Gravity pulls everything toward...

• The ground
• The center of mass
• The moon
• The Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Gravity attracts all objects towards one another.

• False
• True
• It depends

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

As distance between two objects increase the pull of gravity 

• Increases
• Decreases
• Stays the same

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

Two factors effecting the magnitude of the force of gravity between 2 objects are...

• mass and distance 
• mass and matter
• distance and weight 
• weight and mass

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

If Earth's mass was cut in half, what would happen to your mass?

• increase because gravitational force increases
• decrease because gravitational force decreases
• decrease because gravitational force increases
• nothing, mass is not affected by gravitational force

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

Without gravity, the stars, planets and all objects in the universe would _______.

• continue to orbit each other

• move in a random direction

• move in a straight line

• stop moving

A(n) _____ is the curved path of an object around a point/object in space.

• orbit

• rotation

• revolution

• phase

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The force keeping an object in circular motion

• Centripetal
• Centrifugal
• Acceleration
• Velocity

If the centripetal force is removed, an object in circular motion would...

• Continue in circular motion
• Move in a straight line

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1