Orbiting Objects Test 23-24

What is your First Name?

What is your Last Name?

Which hour are you in?

• Hour 1
• Hour 2
• Hour 3
• Hour 4
• Hour 5

How much did you study for the test?

• study guide, notes, quizlet, etc
• study guide only
• some of the study guide
• didn't study

what is orbital motion?

• The path that an object follows as it orbits another object in space
• The shape that an planet makes around the sun as it rotates
• The distance that an asteroid covers as it travels through space

The Earth would crash into the Sun if you take _________ away

• The Sun's gravity
• The Earth's Gravity
• The Earth's forward velocity

What two variables influence the strength of the gravitational force of attraction between two objects?

• Mass and temperature
• Mass and distance
• Mass and color

True or False: The force of Gravitational attraction between two objects increases as the distance between them increases.

• True
• False

If a satellite is in orbit around a star, and the satellites gains a lot of mass and increases mass, how will this affect the force of gravitational attraction between the satellite and star?

• Gravitational attraction will increase
• Gravitational attraction will decrease
• There will be no gravitational attraction

What primarily influences the orbit of all planets in our solar system?

• The planets' masses
• The planets' gravity
• The sun's gravity