Gravity and Orbit Quiz

Where does Gravity pulls everything toward

• The Ground

• The Moon

• The Sun

• The House

What prevents planets from drifting off into space and keeps it in the planets in our Solar System?

• Friction

• Weight

• The rotation of planets around their axes
• Gravity

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

• rotation
• revolution
• orbit
• trajectory

What would happen without gravity, the stars, planets and all objects in the universe would

• stop moving

• Shift in random direction

• Orbit each other

• Move in a straight Line

What force is responsible for keeping the planets in orbit around the Sun?

• Gravity

• Friction

• Magnetism

• Electricity

Is gravity a push, a pull, or both?

• Pull

• Push

• Both

• Neither

What are 2 things all planets have in common?

• They have 3 moons

• Orbiting the sun

• Their Spherical

• Their bright and large

If you increase the mass of the Sun too much, what happens to the Earth?

• leaves the solar system

• No change in motion

• Remains the same

• it is pulled into the sun

What holds all of the planets in orbit around the sun?

• Flowers

• Gravity

• Weight

• Motion

What prevents planets from pulled into and crash into the Sun?

• Gravity

• Weight

• Friction

• Forward motion