Question

the suns gravitational force dropdown with options: changes, does not change the direction of the earths motion

Explanation:

The Earth moves in an elliptical orbit around the Sun. The Sun's gravitational force acts towards the Sun's center. As the Earth moves along its orbit, the direction of the Earth's motion (tangential to the orbit) and the direction of the gravitational force (radial towards the Sun) have a changing angle between them, but more importantly, the component of the gravitational force that affects the direction of motion (the centripetal - like component) causes the direction of the Earth's motion to change continuously to keep it in orbit. So the Sun's gravitational force changes the direction of the Earth's motion.

Answer:

changes