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Gravity and Orbits
By Michael Jones
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Use the "Model" to answer the following questions
Set up the model like this:
Click the Earth and Sun set from the list of models
Click the Gravity force, Path. and Grid buttons
Click the Play button
Question 1
1.
Describe the earth's path around the sun.
Set up the model like this:
Click the Orange reset button
Click the Earth and Sun set from the list of models
Click the Gravity force, Path. and Grid buttons
Increase the mass of the sun to 1.5
Click the Play button
Question 2
2.
Question 3
3.
Describe the path of the earth around the sun. Is it the same as before? How is it different?
Question 4
4.
What happened to the gravity between the sun and the earth as the earth went around the sun?
Set up the model like this:
Click the orange reset button
Click the Earth and Sun set from the list of models
Click the Gravity force, Path. and Grid buttons
Increase the mass of the earth to 1.5
Click the Play button
Question 5
5.
Question 6
6.
Describe the path of the earth around the sun. Is it the same as before? How is it different?
Question 7
7.
What happened to the gravity between the sun and the earth as the earth went around the sun?
Question 8
8.
Set up the model like this:
Click the orange reset button
Click the Earth and Sun set from the list of models
Click the Gravity force, Path. and Grid buttons
Increase the mass of the sun to 2.0
Click the Play button
Question 9
9.
Question 10
10.
Explain how it changed.
Question 11
11.
What happens when you decrease the mass of the sun to 0.5? (Keep the Earth @ 1)
Question 12
12.
What happens when you increase the mass of the earth to 2.0? (Keep the sun at 1)
Set up the model like this:
Click the orange reset button
Click the Sun, Earth, and Moon set from the list of models
Click the Gravity force, Path. and Grid buttons
Click Play
Question 13
13.
Describe the path of the moon
Set up the model like this:
Click the orange reset button
Click the Sun, Earth, and Moon set from the list of models
Click the Gravity force, Path. and Grid buttons
Increase the mass of the sun to 2.0
Click Play
Question 14
14.
Set up the model like this:
Click the orange reset button
Click the Sun, Earth, and Moon set from the list of models
Click the Gravity force, Path. and Grid buttons
Increase the mass of the earth to 2.0
Click Play
Question 15
15.
Question 16
16.
Explain what you learned about how gravity affects objects in space
What happened to the gravity force between the earth and the sun?
It increased
It went down
It stayed the same as before
What happened to the gravity force between the earth and the sun?
It increased
It went down
It stayed the same as before
Did the earth ever get closer or farther from the sun?
Yes
No
Did the gravity between earth and the sun always stay the same?
Yes
No
What happened to the moon?
Nothing
It crashed into the earth
It flew off into space
It crashed into the sun
What happened to the moon?
Nothing
It crashed into the earth
It flew off into space
It crashed into the sun