Solar System Gravity

Which has more mass, Earth or the Moon?

• Earth

• Moon

• The same

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Where would you have more mass, on Earth or on the Moon?

• Earth

• Moon

• IS THE SAME, mass DOESN'T CHANGE

• In both Planets.

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________ hold all of the planets in orbit around the sun.

• gravity

• string

• Bill Nye

• duct tape

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What keeps a planet moving on its path around the sun

• gravity & inertia

• heat & pressure

• inertia & pressure

• gravity & heat

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An example of a gravitational interaction is that the Earth. . . 

• orbits the Sun.

• orbits the moon.

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What keeps the moon in orbit around the Earth?

• gravity

• friendship

• magnets

• electricity

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Without gravity, what would be the shape of the solar system?

• Planets would revolve in perfect circles

• Much different than it is now.

• Planets' orbits would cross

• All planets would be in the same orbit

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What force holds the planets in orbit around the Sun?

• Gravity

• Magnetism

• Electricity

• Nuclear force

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Which two factors primarily determine the gravitational force between two objects in space?

• Mass and distance

• Volume and temperature

• Speed and direction

• Color and texture

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What would happen to the planets if the Sun's gravity suddenly disappeared?

• They would move in straight lines into space

• They would crash into each other

• They would stop moving

• They would spiral into the Sun

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