Question

known as tidal force.

let’s break this down and simplify things a bit. let’s say we have one massive object that is affecting another object with its gravity; its tidal force depends on the answer to these three questions:

1. what is the ______ of the first object? (basically, how strong is the pull from the first object?) more mass = stronger the force of gravity = stronger tidal force on the affected object.

1. how ______ is the affected object from the first object? we learned that gravity weakens with distance, so the farther away the affected object is, the lower the tidal force will be. less gravity = less tidal force.

1. how ______ is the affected object? the wider the object is, the more the force of gravity from first object changes as it moves across it, and so the bigger the tidal force.

we know the moon orbits around the earth while the earth is simultaneously rotating and it’s also orbiting the sun. the ______________ force from the moon is pulling on the part of earth tha facing the moon.

Explanation:

1. The first blank relates to the property that determines gravitational pull strength, which is mass, as more mass equals stronger gravity and tidal force.
2. The second blank refers to the factor that weakens gravity with increase, which is distance, as farther objects experience lower tidal force.
3. The third blank describes the dimension where a wider object leads to bigger tidal force, which is wide/large (or "big" in context, but "wide" matches the clue "the wider the object is").
4. The final blank refers to the force discussed throughout the text, which is tidal force, as the Moon's tidal pull acts on Earth.

Answer:

1. mass
2. far
3. wide
4. tidal