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________ are made by humans and launched into space.
Fake satellites
Artificial satellites
Natural satellites
Forces
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What force keeps the planets in their orbital paths around the sun?
Satellites
Gravity
Attraction
Velocity
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_________ is the time it takes a planet to complete one revolution of the sun.
Orbit
Orbital period
Satellites
Elliptical
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________ are objects orbiting around a planet or dwarf planet. They are always smaller than the planet they orbit.
Orbit
Orbital period
Satellites
Elliptical orbit
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A force is __________.
Any push or pull
Something that pulls you down
Leaning into something
A magical power in the Star Wars universe
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Moons are also known as __________.
Fake satellites
Artificial satellites
Natural satellites
Forces
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Forces that are equal in size but opposite in direction are called __________.
Forces
Balanced forces
Unbalanced forces
Push-pulls
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Forces that are not equal or opposite that cause a change in the motion of an object are __________.
Forces
Balanced forces
Unbalanced forces
Push-pulls
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What would happen to our planets if the sun no longer had gravity?
The planets would remain in orbit since they still have gravity
The planets would drift off into space in a curved path
The planets would drift off into space in a straight path
The planets would crash into the sun
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Debris left by colliding asteroids or dispersing comets on Earth or in our atmosphere are called ________
Comets
Asteroids
Meteoroids
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Millions of small, rocky objects that orbit the sun in a belt are called __________.
Comets
Asteroids
Meteoroids
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What forms when meteoroids, asteroids or comets smash into the surface of a planet or moon?
Impact craters
Impact taters
Asteroid belt
Meteoroid craters
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What has a tail made of gas, dust and ice and moves around the sun in an oval-shaped orbit?
Comet
Asteroids
Meteoroids
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_________ is the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet or moon.
Orbit
Orbital period
Ellipticans
Satellites
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The oval-shaped path of one object revolving around another is called ___________.
Orbit
Orbital period
Elliptical orbit
Oval