Fast Facts
The gravitational pull of the moon pulls the seas towards it, causing the .
ocean tides
is the path that an object follows as it travels around another body in space.
Who made detailed observations of the motions of the planets, in particular the motion of Mars?
Thyco Brahe
What is Mr. Wade's favorite color?
Purple
What is an area of such immense gravity that nothing -- not even light -- can escape from it?
A black hole
is an object that orbits a more massive object.
Satellite
Who wrote laws that could predict the motions of the planets, but not explain why the planets moved the way they did?
Johannes Kepler
What is Mr. Wade's favorite hobby?
fishing
According to Newton's first law of motion: unless acted on by an unbalanced force, an object in motion tends to stay in motion and an object at rest tends to......what?
stay at rest
have masses much larger than large stars, but their diameters can be as small as a few kilometers.
Black holes
Who used Kepler’s laws to help develop a model of gravity that explained the motions of the planets and other bodies in the solar system?
Isaac Newton
Where did Mr. Wade go to college?
UW- Oshkosh
Jupiter has more mass than Earth...would you weigh more or less on Jupiter than on Earth?
More
True or False: According to Newton's laws of motion, when one object exerts a force on another object, the second object exerts an equal force on the first object in the opposite direction.
True.
Who created the three laws that describe the predictable ways things move when acted on by forces?
Isaac Newton
What are Mr. Wade's Dog's name?
Alfie
Gravity holds the planets in .
orbit
what would happen if we lost all gravity?
everything would float away into space
True or False: "Weightless" environments can lead to health problems
TRUE
As the mass of an object increases, so does its .
gravitational field
What is Mr. Wade's fiancés name?
Emily