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Inertia makes a plant tend to travel in a straight line but what keeps it in orbit?
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Gravity keeps a planet in orbit. Inertia tries to make the planet move in a straight line. The balance between the two makes the planet orbit a sun.
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Inertia makes a planet tend to travel in a straight line but what keeps it in orbit?
gravitygravity! a+
Inertia is the property of any object that reists any change in?
Inertia is a property of matter in which an object resists a change in motion.
What can make matter move or change?
Inertia makes things move.
How do gravity and inertia work together in the solar system?
The Earth's gravity is trying to pull the Moon towards the Earth. However, the Moon has inertia. It is trying to move in a straight line. If the Moon had no "sideways" velocity it would fall onto the Earth. In fact the Earth's gravity is needed just to bend the direction of the Moon's path and make the Moon orbit the Earth instead of flying off into space. This becomes clear if you do the mathematics, but that's the basic idea.
How do planets not fall?
In space there is no gravity, so the planets can't fall down! The also stay on the same plane because they are attracted to the sun. They don't fall into the Sun because their speed is too great to let them fall straight in. The Sun's gravitational attraction only makes them curve towards the Sun as they move in their orbit. The force makes them take up elliptical orbits instead of just shooting away in a straight line.
Inertia makes a planet tend to travel in a straight line but what keeps it in orbit?
gravitygravity! a+
Inertia makes an object want to travel in a straight line. It takes a force to make it move in a circle.?
centripetal force
Inertia makes an object want to travel in a straight line It takes a force to make it move in a circle?
centripetal force
What does inertia do to a moving object?
it makes it go in a straight line
The force that makes objects keep traveling in a straight line?
inertia
What does inertia cause a moving object to do?
it makes it go in a straight line
What makes the moon stay in the sky?
The gravitational pull of the Earth pulls the moon toward us, but the inertia of the moon makes it want to travel in a straight path, the result is that it travels in a circle around us called an orbit.
How does gravity work against inertia?
The moon has inertia and wants to keep going in a straight line but the earth has a larger gravitational pull and wants to pull the moon towards it. This causes the moon to circle or orbit the earth.
Why a satellite doesn't hit earth as it orbits?
inertia makes it want to fly straight but gravity makes it curve
What is the property of matter that makes it continue to move in a straight line or to remain at rest?
inertia......
When your riding a car what makes your body want to continue to go straight even when the is turning a corner?
Inertia
How is the chii the best straightner?
it makes your hair very smooth and it keeps it straight
