Planetary Motion

Planetary Motion

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Social Studies

7th - 8th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What does Kepler’s 1st Law of Motion state?

Back

Planets revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits.

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is gravity?

Back

a force between any two objects that pulls them together

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What shape did the early astronomers think the planets’ paths looked like?

Back

circular

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is true about the distance between a planet and the sun and the planet’s revolution around the Sun? Options: The closer the planet is to the sun, the slower it orbits. The farther the planet is to the sun, the faster it orbits. The farther the planet is to the sun, the brighter the sun is. The closer the planet is to the sun, the faster it orbits.

Back

The closer the planet is to the sun, the faster it orbits.

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

List the order of the planets, starting from the sun.

Back

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Is the Sun a star?

Back

yes

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What does matter do to space?

Back

bend it

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