The image shows Earth’s orbit around the Sun. An illustration with a circle representing the sun and a smaller circle representing a planet. The sun is at a focus of a draw ellipse that the planet is on. There are lines drawn radially out from the Sun to the elliptical path of the planet. The planet is at the part of the ellipse that is closest to the sun. The position of the planet is labeled W and the position opposite the planet is labeled X.
Which describes the changes in Earth’s motion?

The speed increases from W to X because a component of the gravitational force acts in the direction opposite to the velocity.
The speed increases from W to X because a component of the gravitational force acts in the direction of the velocity.
The speed increases from X to W because a component of the gravitational force acts in the direction opposite to the velocity.
The speed increases from X to W because a component of the gravitational force acts in the direction of the velocity.