G.4.5.2 (1) GRAVITY AND SATELLITES

1. Look at the picture, and identify the force as a push or a pull force.

Force A-.......................

• Pushing force

• Pulling force

1. Look at the picture, and identify the force as a push or a pull force.

Force B-.........................

• Pulling force

• Pushing force

A pulling force.

• gravity

• satellite

In space, a body which orbits a larger body.

• gravity

• satellite

Do you know why an apple fall from a tree towards the ground?

Have you ever wondered what keeps us from floating off into space?

Choose the correct sentence

• Gravity depends on size of the object.

  ▪ Not all objects exert gravity.

• Gravity depends on size of the object.

  ▪ All objects exert gravity.

Choose the correct sentence

• Gravity depends on the size of the object.

  ▪ When there are two objects, they do not exert gravitational influence on each other

  last

• Gravity depends on the size of the object.

  ▪ When there are two objects, they exert gravity on each of them

  last

Choose the correct sentence

• Gravity depends on size of the object.

  The amount of gravity a body has does not depend on its size

• Gravity depends on size of the object.

  ▪ The amount of gravity an object has depends on its size.

Choose the correct sentence

• Gravity depends on the size of the object.

  ▪ The smaller the object, the greater the force of gravity.

• Gravity depends on the size of the object.

  The larger the object, the greater the force of gravity.