7th Grade Open Ended Notes for FRIDAY'S BENCHMARK

Earth’s gravity pull is directly dependent upon the masses of the two objects only (the distance between the objects and the center of the Earth remains the same)

If the two objects have the same size but one has more mass than the other, then the more massive one is pulled more strongly by Earth’s gravity.

One object can have MORE mass than another – but they can both have the SAME volume.

The gravity of the Sun keeps planets in their orbits.  The Earth orbits the Sun because of the pull of the Sun’s gravity.

The lighter object orbits the heavier one, and the Sun is the heaviest object in the Solar System.

Earth and other planets orbit the Sun because the Sun is much bigger than the Earth and the other planets.

Earth and other planets orbit the Sun because they are less massive than the Sun.