Orbital Motion

________ are made by humans and launched into space.

• Fake satellites

• Artificial satellites

• Natural satellites

• Forces

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What force keeps the planets in their orbital paths around the sun?

• Satellites

• Gravity

• Attraction

• Velocity

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_________ is the time it takes a planet to complete one revolution of the sun.

• Orbit

• Orbital period

• Satellites

• Elliptical

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________ are objects orbiting around a planet or dwarf planet. They are always smaller than the planet they orbit.

• Orbit

• Orbital period

• Satellites

• Elliptical orbit

A force is __________.

• Any push or pull

• Something that pulls you down

• Leaning into something

• A magical power in the Star Wars universe

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Moons are also known as __________.

• Fake satellites

• Artificial satellites

• Natural satellites

• Forces

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Forces that are equal in size but opposite in direction are called __________.

• Forces

• Balanced forces

• Unbalanced forces

• Push-pulls

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Forces that are not equal or opposite that cause a change in the motion of an object are __________.

• Forces

• Balanced forces

• Unbalanced forces

• Push-pulls

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What would happen to our planets if the sun no longer had gravity?

• The planets would remain in orbit since they still have gravity

• The planets would drift off into space in a curved path

• The planets would drift off into space in a straight path

• The planets would crash into the sun

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Debris left by colliding asteroids or dispersing comets on Earth or in our atmosphere are called ________

• Comets

• Asteroids

• Meteoroids