Gravity and Inertia
The natural pull of objects toward one another.
What is gravity?
These large, deep marks on the Moon's surface are caused by impacts by meteors and asteroids.
What are craters?
This average-sized star is the center of our solar system.
What is the Sun?
The starting point you choose to describe the location, or position, of an object
What is a reference point?
This type of energy describes the energy of motion.
What is kinetic energy?
The tendency of a body to remain in motion or at rest.
What is inertia?
The dark, flat spots seen on the surface of the moon that were created by volcanic eruptions during the Moon's formation.
What are maria?
This planet is the largest in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
This term is used to describe the process of changing position (moving).
What is motion?
This term describes stored energy.
This famous scientist was the first to really explain gravity.
Who was Isaac Newton?
This phase of the moon happens with the moon is BETWEEN the Earth and the Sun and appears dark in the sky.
What is the New Moon?
This dwarf planet was once considered the 9th planet in our solar system.
What is Pluto?
This type of energy is stored in food and fuel for vehicles.
What is chemical potential energy?
This term means a push or a pull acting against an object.
What is force?
This moon phase occurs when the Earth is between the Moon and the Sun.
What is the Full Moon?
These icy, rocky object zoom through space in very wide elliptical orbits.
What are comets?
This term describes how fast something is moving plus the direction in which it is moving.
What is velocity?
This type of energy depends on the object’s weight and height from the ground.
What is gravitational potential energy?
The shape of the path that Earth orbits the Sun.
What is elliptical?
This measure describes at what angle the Moon's orbit is with respect to the Earth.
What is 5°?
This unit of measurement for distance is based on the distance from the Earth to the Sun.
What are astronomical units?
The difference between the first position and the final position of an object.
What is displacement?
The definition of this term is "the ability to cause change."
What is energy?