WorksheetsHow and Why Orbits Occur
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is the force that attracts all objects toward each other?
Newton
Weight
Gravity
Path
Who created the law of universal gravitation?
Einstein
Rose
Beckett
Newton
What are two main causes of orbits?
Mass and Size
Weight and Mass
Speed and Power
Motion and Gravity
Objects cannot move without which of the following.
Wind
Force
Strength
Sunlight
What is the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion?
Inertia
Motion
Gravity
Stable
What way does gravity push on Earth?
Down
Up
Left
Right
The force of gravity on an object is called what?
Weight
Mass
Force
Pressure
As distance between two objects increase the pull of gravity...
Is unchanged
Increases
Decreases
Increases then decreases
In a vacuum which would fall faster, a hammer or a feather?
Same speed
Feather
Hammer
What is a circular orbit?
When an object moves around another object in an oval shaped path
Elliptical orbit used to transfer between two circular orbits of different radii around a central body in the same plane.
An body remains at constant radius as it travels around a gravitating mass
