Fast Facts
The gravitational pull of the moon pulls the seas towards it, causing .
tides
is the path that an object follows as it travels around another body in space.
Which scientist criticized the Catholic Church for believing that the sun went around Earth?
Galileo
What subject does Mrs. Mottl DISLIKE teaching?
History
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 COULD NOT EXPLAIN WHY the planets moved the way they did?
Johannes Kepler
WMS's motto is "All means all, and ___ ___ ___!"
Kids come first!
True or False: Gravity decreases as distance from an object increases.
True.
Newton's first law of Inertia: an object in motion tends to stay in motion and an object at rest tends to......what? (unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.)
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
Name two of Mrs. Mottl's three children.
Julie, Tom, Jenny
Jupiter has more mass than Earth...would you weigh more or less on Jupiter than on Earth?
More
What force works with gravity to create an elliptical orbit?
Inertia.
Who created the three laws that describe the predictable ways things move when acted on by forces?
Isaac Newton
Would you feel more gravity at the top of a mountain, in the front yard of WMS, or at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean?
The bottom of the ocean, because it is closer to Earth's core.
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 was the mascot of WMS called before we changed our name to the HEAT?
The Rockets