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How and Why Orbits Occur

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the force that attracts all objects toward each other?

a)

Newton

b)

Weight

c)

Gravity

d)

Path

2.

Who created the law of universal gravitation?

a)

Einstein

b)

Rose

c)

Beckett

d)

Newton

3.

What are two main causes of orbits?

a)

Mass and Size

b)

Weight and Mass

c)

Speed and Power

d)

Motion and Gravity

4.

Objects cannot move without which of the following.

a)

Wind

b)

Force

c)

Strength

d)

Sunlight

5.

What is the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion?

a)

Inertia

b)

Motion

c)

Gravity

d)

Stable

6.

What way does gravity push on Earth?

a)

Down

b)

Up

c)

Left

d)

Right

7.

The force of gravity on an object is called what?

a)

Weight

b)

Mass

c)

Force

d)

Pressure

8.

As distance between two objects increase the pull of gravity...

a)

Is unchanged

b)

Increases

c)

Decreases

d)

Increases then decreases

9.

In a vacuum which would fall faster, a hammer or a feather?

a)

Same speed

b)

Feather

c)

Hammer

10.

What is a circular orbit?

a)

When an object moves around another object in an oval shaped path

b)

Elliptical orbit used to transfer between two circular orbits of different radii around a central body in the same plane.

c)

An body remains at constant radius as it travels around a gravitating mass