Vocab
Gravitational Forces
CER
Random
101
The heaviness of an object; force of gravity on mass
Weight
101
The greater an object's mass, the _____ its gravitational pull
Greater
101
What does CER stand for?
Claim, evidence, reasoning
101
Male singer known for hits "Baby" and "Love Yourself"
Justin Bieber
200
A measure of how much matter is in a substance
Mass
200
As distance increases between two objects, the gravitational pull between them _______
Weakens
200
Why don't Mercury and Venus have moons?
- They're both small and closest to the Sun.
200
Pickles start out as which vegetable?
Cucumber
300
Having the tendency to pull other objects toward itself
Attractive
300
Given two objects, the object with the smaller mass will be pulled to the object with the _________ mass
Greater
300
Mercury and Venus are both small and the closest planets to our Sun. Their gravitational pull wouldn’t be strong enough to overpower the Sun’s gravitational pull.
Claim
300
What is the body's largest organ?
Skin
400
The force that causes objects with mass to attract one another
Gravity
400
Many planets in our solar system (Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) have rings. If these rings are made of chunks of debris, why do they form around the planet and not travel toward the Sun?
The rings are much closer to the planets than to the Sun. There will be a greater gravitational pull toward the planets than to the Sun
400
Moons are smaller celestial bodies that orbit larger celestial bodies. They get caught in the gravitational pull and orbit these planets. Since the gravitational pull of the Sun would be very great that close to the Sun, the pull from Mercury and Venus would not be strong enough to create a stable orbit for a moon. Therefore, they don’t have any moons.
Reasoning
400
In what sport could you win a Heisman Trophy?
Football
500
A push or pull that can change the motion of an object
Force
500
What affects the gravitational force between Earth and the Sun?
The mass of the Earth
The mass of the Sun
The distance between the Earth and the Sun
500
Mercury and Venus are the two planets closest to the Sun, and they are the only planets in our solar system that do not have any moons.
Evidence
500
Who is this man?
Coy Wire (with hair)