Gravity/Gravitational Pull
This celestial body is the cause of our tides here on Earth.
What is the moon?
This type of space rock enters the Earth's atmosphere but doesn't strike Earth.
What is meteor?
What is weather or atmosphere, wind or erosion to cover the craters?
When we discuss gravity this is why items in our world fall or the famous saying what goes up must come down. Everything has gravity and is pulled to the _____________ of the _____________.
What is center and Earth?
During the Crater LAB, this vocabulary word created the crater.
What is a meteorite?
The moon has less gravity than the Earth. The Earth has ______ times the amount of gravity.
What is 6?
In the LAB we discovered that when we compare meteorites and craters, craters are always _____________ than the meteorites that created it.
What is larger, or bigger?
In the coin stack activity, you were able to knock out the bottom coin because gravity is doing what to the stack of coins?
What is pushing down?
This is the term for an indention on the Earth or Moon's surface caused by a meteorite.
Bonus: If the crater on Earth is 50 miles wide, would the crater on the moon be bigger or smaller?
These two factors can determine the amount of gravity between objects.
What is mass and distance?
This is another name for a meteor.
What is shooting star?