TCI U4 L1 Gravity

Two factors effecting the strength of gravity between 2 objects are...

• distance and weight

• mass and matter

• mass and distance

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

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

• orbit

• rotation

• revolution

• phase

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

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-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

__________holds all of the planets in orbit around the sun.

• Force
• Motion
• Weight
• Gravity

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is true about the distance between a planet and the sun and the planet’s revolution around the Sun?

• The closer the planet is to the sun, the slower it orbits.

• The farther the planet is to the sun, the faster it orbits.

• The farther the planet is to the sun, the brighter the sun is.

• The closer the planet is to the sun, the faster it orbits.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

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-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Do planets affect the sun? Why?

• No. The Sun pulls on the planets and keep them in orbit.

• Yes. Sun pulls on planets; planets pull on Sun.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Why do we orbit the Sun and not the other way around?

• brighter objects tend to orbit duller ones
• duller objects tend to orbit brighter ones
• lighter objects tend to orbit heavier ones
• heavier objects tend to orbit lighter ones

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The shape of a planet's orbit around the sun is best described as _________.

• circular
• elliptical
• spiral
• conical

How does changing the distance between objects affect the force of gravity?

• Decreasing distance increases gravity

• Increasing distance increases gravity

• Mr. Deem knows, but he's not telling

• Distance does not affect gravity

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4