Gravity

The path that a body follows as it travels around another body in space.

• orbit

• aphelion

• perihelion

• centripetal

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Force between objects that is due to their masses and the distance between them.

• orbit

• gravity

• aphelion

• perihelion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

The point in the orbit of a body that is farthest from the sun

• orbit

• gravity

• aphelion

• perihelion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The point in the orbit of a body that is closest to the sun.

• orbit

• gravity

• aphelion

• perihelion

The inward force that causes an object to move in a circular path.

• orbit

• gravity

• centripetal

• aphelion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The cloud of dust and gas that collapsed to form the solar system.

• solar orbit

• solar gravity

• solar nebula

• solar star

The place where the central star of our galaxy formed within the solar nebula.

• planetesimals

• protostellar disk

• centripetal spot

• aphelion

Large particles of dust that collided and grew bigger that became planets.

• centripetal pieces

• perihelion

• planetesimals

• gravity dust

Objects with greater mass have greater gravity.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Objects that are far apart have greater gravity than those close together.

• True

• False