Orbits and Moon

1. Gravity pulls everything toward...

• The ground

• The center of mass

• The moon

• The Sun

Gravity attracts all objects towards one another

• False

• True

• It depends

As distance between two objects increase the pull of gravity

• Increases

• Decreases

• Stays the same

The force keeping a planet in orbit around the sun is...

• Friction

• Tension

• Gravity

• Weight

Is gravity a push, a pull, or both?

• push

• pull

• both

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

• orbit

• phase

• rotation

• revolution

__________holds all of the planets in orbit around the sun.

• Motion

• Weight

• Force

• Gravity

Without gravity, the stars, planets and all objects in the universe would _______.

• stop moving

• move in a random direction

• continue to orbit each other

• move in a straight line

Describe Earth's Orbit.

• About 365 days.

• A nearly circular path around the sun.

• Gravity

• Earth rotates on its axis

How would you describe the orbits?

• Moving.

• Nearly circular.

• Revolving around each other