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10/23/18 TASKS
I NDEPENDENT STATION EXPECTATIONS:
1. Working SILENTLY AND INDEPENDENTLY( Voice level 0 ON YOUR OWN )
2. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION
3. Title a brand new page in your notebook: Unit 2 Introduction to the
Universal Law of Gravitation
4. Write today’s date on the top right 10/23/18
5. **Set a timer on Google for each section to stay on track**
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Part 1: Check It! 35 min
Directions:
1. Check your grades Pinnacle Gradebook
2. Answer the following reflection questions on the boxes below in your notebook:
A) What is your science grade so far?
B) What is 1 goal you have as we enter Unit 2?
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Part 2: Preview it! Vocabulary 15 min.
Directions:
1. Define the following vocabulary words and choose an Image OR give an example
OR paraphrase
2 Click on the following link Google Define to fill out the vocab chart I N YOUR
NOTEBOOK
Example: Force A push or a pull
1. Solar system
2. Planetary
satellite
3.Asteroid
4. Comet
5. Meteor
6. Meteorite
7. Planetary
System
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Part 3: Watch It! 35 min.
Directions:
1. Watch the Bill Nye the Science Guy S03E01 Planets & Moons
2. As you watch answer the following questions below about the Bill Nye Science
Guy Planets and Moons Video.
10. What planet is considered no longer a planet?
11. If a rocket left Pluto traveling 1000 mph, how long would it take it to reach the Sun?
12. How many theories are there about how the moon was formed?
13. What type of pattern does the Earths’ orbit take around the Sun?
14. What happens to the Earths’ orbit speed as it gets closer to the Sun?
15. What are asteroids?
16. Which direction do planets/space particles rotate around the sun?
17. What is considered the glue that holds our Solar System together?
18. How many days does it take Mercury to orbit around the Sun?
19. How long does it take Pluto to orbit around the Sun?
20. In which direction does the Sun rotate?
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Part 4: Finished Early? Read It! 15 min.
Directions:
1. Read the passage below.
2. Find three key points. Write down three key points from the reading.
3. Answer the questions about the reading.
You may have heard a story about Isaac Newton coming up with the idea of gravity when an apple fell
out of a tree and hit him in the head. The story isn’t true, but seeing how things like apples fall to
Earth helped Newton form his ideas about gravity, the force of attraction between things that have
mass. Of course, people had known about the effects of gravity for thousands of years before Newton
came along. After all, they constantly experienced gravity in their daily lives. They observed over and
over again that things always fall toward the ground. However, it wasn’t until Newton developed his
law of gravity in the late 1600s that people knew gravity applies to everything in the universe that has
mass.
Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation
Newton was the first one to suggest that gravity is universal and affects all objects in the universe .
That’s why Newton’s law of gravity is called the law of universal gravitation . Universal gravitation
means that the force that causes an apple to fall from a tree to the ground is the same force that
causes the moon to keep moving around Earth. Universal gravitation also means that while Earth
exerts a pull on you, you exert a pull on Earth. In fact, there is gravity between you and every mass
around you—your desk, your book, your pen. Even tiny molecules of gas are attracted to one another
by the force of gravity.
Factors That Influence the Strength of Gravity
Newton’s law also states that the strength of gravity between any two objects depends on two factors:
the masses of the objects and the distance between them.
● Objects with greater mass have a stronger force of gravity between them. For example,
because Earth is so massive, it attracts you and your desk more strongly than you and your
desk attract each other. That’s why you and the desk remain in place on the floor rather than
moving toward one another.
● Objects that are closer together have a stronger force of gravity between them. For example,
the moon is closer to Earth than it is to the more massive sun , so the force of gravity is greater
between the moon and Earth than between the moon and the sun. That’s why the moon circles
around Earth rather than the sun. You can see this in the Figure below.
Directions: Answer the following questions from the reading below.
1. What is Newton’s law of universal gravitation?
2. Describe the relationship between the masses of two objects and the force of gravity
between them.
3. If two objects each have a mass of 10 kg, then the force of gravity between them
a. is 100 kg.
b. is constant.
c. depends only on their masses.
d. is greater when they are closer together.