Planetary Orbits Gravity

Gravity pulls everything toward...

• The ground

• The largest mass

• The moon

• The Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What are three things all planets have in common?

• They have at least one moon

• They are massive enough that their gravity controls all objects in the area

• They are spherical

• They orbit the sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Gravity attracts all objects towards one another.

• False
• True
• It depends

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Any object with mass has gravity.

• True
• Sometimes
• False
• Never

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

As the distance between two objects increases, the pull of gravity...

• Increases

• Decreases

• Stays the same

A person would weigh less on on the Moon than on the Earth because . . .

• Moon has more mass, and therefore more gravity
• Moon has less mass, and therefore more gravity
• Moon has more mass, and therefore less gravity
• Moon has less mass and therefore less gravity

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

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

• mass and distance

• mass and matter

• distance and weight

• weight and mass

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The amount of matter in an object.

• force 
• mass
• weight 
• pressure 

Which of the following never changes no matter where you are in the universe? 

• Pounds 
• weight 
• Force
• Mass

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

__________holds all of the planets in orbit around the sun.

• Force
• Motion
• Weight
• Gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4