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Gravity and Orbits

Last updated over 1 year ago
16 questions

Use the "Model" to answer the following questions

Set up the model like this:
  1. Click the Earth and Sun set from the list of models
  2. Click the Gravity force, Path. and Grid buttons
  3. Click the Play button
1

Describe the earth's path around the sun.

Set up the model like this:
  1. Click the Orange reset button
  2. Click the Earth and Sun set from the list of models
  3. Click the Gravity force, Path. and Grid buttons
  4. Increase the mass of the sun to 1.5
  5. Click the Play button
1

What happened to the gravity force between the earth and the sun?

1

Describe the path of the earth around the sun. Is it the same as before? How is it different?

1

What happened to the gravity between the sun and the earth as the earth went around the sun?

Set up the model like this:
  1. Click the orange reset button
  2. Click the Earth and Sun set from the list of models
  3. Click the Gravity force, Path. and Grid buttons
  4. Increase the mass of the earth to 1.5
  5. Click the Play button
1

What happened to the gravity force between the earth and the sun?

1

Describe the path of the earth around the sun. Is it the same as before? How is it different?

1

What happened to the gravity between the sun and the earth as the earth went around the sun?

1

Did the earth ever get closer or farther from the sun?

Set up the model like this:
  1. Click the orange reset button
  2. Click the Earth and Sun set from the list of models
  3. Click the Gravity force, Path. and Grid buttons
  4. Increase the mass of the sun to 2.0
  5. Click the Play button
1

Did the gravity between earth and the sun always stay the same?

1

Explain how it changed.

1

What happens when you decrease the mass of the sun to 0.5? (Keep the Earth @ 1)

1

What happens when you increase the mass of the earth to 2.0? (Keep the sun at 1)

Set up the model like this:
  1. Click the orange reset button
  2. Click the Sun, Earth, and Moon set from the list of models
  3. Click the Gravity force, Path. and Grid buttons
  4. Click Play
1

Describe the path of the moon

Set up the model like this:
  1. Click the orange reset button
  2. Click the Sun, Earth, and Moon set from the list of models
  3. Click the Gravity force, Path. and Grid buttons
  4. Increase the mass of the sun to 2.0
  5. Click Play
1

What happened to the moon?

Set up the model like this:
  1. Click the orange reset button
  2. Click the Sun, Earth, and Moon set from the list of models
  3. Click the Gravity force, Path. and Grid buttons
  4. Increase the mass of the earth to 2.0
  5. Click Play
1

What happened to the moon?

1

Explain what you learned about how gravity affects objects in space