
TEK 6.11B Science STAAR
Quiz by Jennifer Davis
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An image of the Earth-Moon-Sun System is shown. The Moon remains in orbit around the Earth because of the force of -

A student makes a model of the Sun-Earth-Moon system by swinging a ball around her head. Using this model, the student is trying to explain how Earth stays on a path around the sun. The student explains that this path is the result of -

What keeps planets in the solar system from moving in straight lines through the galaxy?
In July 1994 the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with the planet Jupiter, as scientists had predicted. To be able to accurately predict when a comet will collide with a planet, it is essential to understand -