Gravitation & Circular Motion

Learning Targets

• Explain why the moon doesn’t hit the Earth.

• Describe how the force of gravity changes with distance.

• Describe the gravitational field that surrounds the Earth.

• Identify and describe acceleration, time, mass and force.

• Solve problems involving speed, velocity, distance, displacement, acceleration, time, mass and force.

• Describe Newton's law of universal gravitation in terms of the attraction between two objects, their masses, and the distance between them.

• Solve problems for Newton's law of universal gravitation.

• Describe conceptually the forces involved in circular motion.

Printable Learning Targets

Textbook Pages: 64 - 67, 78, 82 - 83

Reading Essentials Pages: 48 - 50