gravity in the solar system

The closer a planet is to the sun...

• the faster it travels
• the slower it travels

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Which two things affect gravity?

• Mass and distance

• Weight and distance

• Weight and mass

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Which would create the strongest gravity?

• Two large planets close together

• Two large planets far apart

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The amount of matter in something is called...

• mass

• inertia

If a planet does not have enough inertia, what would happen to it?

• It would fly off into space

• It would get pulled into its star

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What is the definition of orbit?

• The spinning of the Earth on its axis.

• The path an object follows as it moves around another object.

What is gravity?

• The force that pulls things toward each other.

• Something that pulls things on Earth down.

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What is velocity?

• How fast something is going in a certain direction.

• How fast an object turns and changes direction.

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What is inertia?

• An objects tendency to continue moving at the same speed in the same direction.

• How fast something is moving.

The more _______ and object has, the more gravity it will have.

• mass

• weight

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