Think in gravity, the moon is orbiting the Earth because of gravitational pull/force. Without this gravitational pull, the moon will just move in a straight line (Newton's first law).
Answer:
The speed of the ball is 42.5 m/s
Explanation:
The initial kinetic energy of the ball is:
= 85.75 J
The speed of the ball after leaving the bat is:

V=47.92 m/s
Using kinematic equation we can find the speed of the ball after being 25 m above the point of collision:





When 'The big bang' happened lots of large pieces of molten rock was flying around the solar system. As the rocks crashed together they got bigger and as the got bigger they attracted more rocks. Some scientists think that a large piece of molten rock hit the still developing Earth and created the Moon. This impact also caused the Earths angled spin. The Moon got trapped in Earth's orbit and has stayed ever since. Small astroids have hit the Moon causing craters. The Earth doesn't get hit as much because of our thicker atmosphere. Hope this helps!