Question
As a planet draws away from the sun in its orbit, the force between the sun and the planet_____ and the planet's speed____.
First blank answer choices:
Remains the same
Increases
Decreases
Second blank:
Decreases
Increases
Remains the same
First blank answer choices:
Remains the same
Increases
Decreases
Second blank:
Decreases
Increases
Remains the same
Answers
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As a planet draws away from the sun in its orbit, the force between the sun and the planet **decreases** (due to the inverse square law of gravitation), and the planet's speed **decreases** (as it moves to a point further from the sun, losing kinetic energy).
So, the answers are:
First blank: **Decreases**
Second blank: **Decreases**
So, the answers are:
First blank: **Decreases**
Second blank: **Decreases**