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drag and drop the pins to correctly illustrate how newtons of universal gravity works.
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moon
pull of gravity
earth
moons path
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Explanation:

Newton's law of universal gravity states that every mass attracts every other mass. In the context of the Earth - Moon system, the Earth exerts a gravitational pull on the Moon. This pull is what keeps the Moon in its orbit (the Moon's path). The Moon is the smaller celestial body being affected by the Earth's gravity. The arrows in the diagram likely represent the direction of the pull of gravity (from the Moon towards the Earth) and the Moon's path (the elliptical orbit around the Earth).

Answer:

From left to right (assuming the order of the blanks in the diagram as per the standard Earth - Moon - gravity - path setup):

• The small celestial body (leftmost blank): Moon
• The pull (middle arrow - like blank): Pull of gravity
• The large celestial body (right - most blank near the larger sphere): Earth
• The elliptical line (the orbit): Moon's path