Question

1. Three students are using sports equipment to model the relative motion of

Earth, the moon and the sun.
A. Identify which ball would be used to model the Sun, Earth and the Moo
B. Describe the relative (in relation to each other) motions of these bodies

Answer 1

The golf ball would be revolving around the baseball while the baseball would be revolving around the basketball.

Step-by-step explanation:

The basketball would be represented as the Sun, the baseball would be represented as the Earth and the golf ball would be represented as the moon. Since the Moon revolves around the Earth and the Earth revolving around the Sun makes a perfect explaination for this question.

Answer 2

The basketball would be sun then baseball earth and finally golf ball moon.