Force
Earth, Moon and Sun
Vocabulary Potpourri
The Gravity of the Situation
The Randomness of Science
100
A push or pull is what describes this.
What is the definition of force?
100
This is curved path that the Earth moves around the Sun.
What is an Orbit?
100
The SI unit used to measure the strength of a force.
What is a Newton?
100
The greater an object's mass the __________ the force of gravity acts upon that object.
What is greater, more?
100
Was the scientist who came up with the Law of Universal Gravitation.
Who is Newton?
200
The force that acts at a distance on an object
What is gravity?
200
This causes the ocean tides on Earth.
What is the Moon's Gravity?
200
The total of all forces acting upon an object.
What is Net Force?
200
As distance between objects decreases, the amount of gravitational force between them __________.
What is increases?
200
The direction that Gravity pulls all objects on Earth.
What is the Earth's Center?
300
If an object is going to move it's net force is...
What is greater than 0N?
300
This is the direction of the force that keeps a satellite in orbit around the Earth.
What is toward the Earth?
300
The amount of matter in an object?
What is Mass?
300
Is the force that keeps the planets in an orbit around the sun.
What is gravity?
300
Object 1 = 10 (g) Object 2 = 100 (g) Object 3 = 1000 (g) The object that has the greatest force acting on it.
What is Object 3?
400
An unbalanced force will cause and object to
What is change or move?
400
This is why the Moon has the greatest gravitational force acting on the Earth.
What is distance?
400
How much gravity is pulling down on an object.
What is weight?
400
The two factors that affect the gravitational attraction between objects are:
What is Mass and Distance?
400
As distance increases between objects, gravitational force
What is Decreases?
500
Balanced Forces
What is "it will not change the object's motion?
500
This has a greater force acting the Earth. Sun Neptune Pluto
What is the Sun (greatest Mass and shortest Distance)?
500
States that the force of gravity acts between all objects in the universe.
What is the Law of Universal Gravitation?
500
The Law of Universal Gravitation states...
What is that Gravity acts between all objects in the Universe that have Mass?
500
The variable that remains the same in an experiment.
What is Control?
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