Terms & Definitions - Module 10
Match the following definitions (or descriptions) to the terms listed below them.
The correct answer is indicated by the "===============".
- An oval path that a satellite follows as it orbits the earth.
- Projectile
- Parabola
- Satellite
- Ellipse ===============
- Escape speed
- A projectile must reach this speed to escape the gravitational pull of the earth.
- Projectile
- Parabola
- Satellite
- Ellipse
- Escape speed ===============
- A small body that orbits a larger celestial body; e.g., the moon orbiting the earth.
- Projectile
- Parabola
- Satellite ===============
- Ellipse
- Escape speed
- An object that is moving under the influence of gravity.
- Projectile ===============
- Parabola
- Satellite
- Ellipse
- Escape speed
- A curved path that a projectile follows when under only the influence of gravity (near the earth).
- Projectile
- Parabola ===============
- Satellite
- Ellipse
- Escape speed
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