Question

The diagram below shows three parts labeled A, B, and C, of Earth's orbit around the sun.

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Which of these statements is correct about Earth in the three parts of the orbit?

Answer 1

It travels faster in part A than in part B.
It travels faster in part C than in part B.
It travels slower in part A than in part C.
It travels slower in part A than in part B.

Answer 2

@Nnesha

Answer 3

@e.mccormick

Answer 4

@KyanTheDoodle

Answer 5

Honestly, I have no idea

Answer 6

Yea me neither, my mom guessed A, but idk :\\

Answer 7

Well I think A is the slowest to travel through since it's the biggest out of all of them.

Answer 8

yea, so maybe B???

Answer 9

because C is the fastest it looks like

Answer 10

Yeah, that's my guess

Answer 11

thankyou for helping :)

Answer 12

As the earthe goes away from the Sun, the gravity of the sun is pulling it back. As it falls towards the sun it speeds up.

Answer 13

If I recall, that is the basics. However, the oribital path is really very close to a circle so the changes is really not much.