Gravity People
The Big Ideas
Effects of Gravity
Tides
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The person who discovered gravity.
Who was Isaac Newton?
100
What are some things that have a gravitational force?
The Earth, the sun, anything with mass.
100
Why is gravity important to our solar system?
It keeps all of the planets and other celestial bodies in orbit around the Sun.
100
high tide and low tides.
What are the two basic types of tides?
100
Ireland
Where is Ms. Whyte from?
200
A man inspired by a falling apple.
Who is Isaac Newton?
200
Something that any object with mass exerts.
What is a gravitational force?
200
True or false: There is a gravitational pull between our Earth and the moon.
True!
200
Spring Tides.
What are dramatically high and dramatically low tides called?
200
Red
Ms. Whyte's favorite color.
300
A Englishman who discovered gravity.
Who was Isaac Newton?
300
True or False: We can never defy gravity. It is too strong of a force.
False: we learned this with our water experiment! How else do we defy gravity?
300
True or False: Without gravity we would not have an atmosphere.
True.
300
Neap tides
What are the moderate tides called?
300
7
How many students are there in Ms. Whyte's 5th grade class?
400
An Italian scientist who tested the rate of falling objects off the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Who was Galileo?
400
There are 8.
How many phases of the moon are there?
400
True or False: The gravitational pull between the Sun and the Earth causes the tides?
False! The gravitational pull between the Earth and the moon causes the tides.
400
The moon and the Earth
The gravitational pull between which two celestial bodies cause the tides?
400
no.
What was Ms. Whyte's first word?
500
The scientist who discovered that objects, no matter what their density, will fall to the ground at the same rate.
Who was Galileo?
500
What are the eight phases of the moon in the correct order?
Full moon, waxing gibbous, first quarter, waxing crescent , new moon, waning crescent, last quarter, waning crescent.
500
True or False: when the moon and sun align their combined gravitational pull causes higher tides?
True!
500
Then there will be a high tide.
What happens if the moon is close to your side of the Earth?
500
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How many countries has Ms. Whyte been to in her life?
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