Nearpod Kepler

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Where was Johannes Kepler born?

• Germany

• Ukraine

• France

• Romania

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What did Johannes Kepler discover?

• Microscope

• Laws of Gravity

• Telescope

• Laws of Planetary Motions

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When was Johannes Kepler born?

• 23 August 1754

• 3 March 1566

• 27 December 1571

• 1 June 1568

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He studied _______

• daily motions of the celestial objects

• planetary ordering

• retrograde motion of the planets

• first model of a geocentric universe

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What is Kepler’s formula?

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The Sun sweeps out equal areas in equal time in all portions of its orbit.

• The orbits of the planets are ellipses

• The law of equal areas

• The law of physics

• The law of harmony

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Kepler's first law is: all planets travel around the sun in an ________

• Biconical

• Elliptical

• Cylindrical

• Spherical

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What is Kepler’s main project?

• investigate the orbit of Earth

• investigate the orbit of Sun

• investigate the orbit of Jupiter

• investigate the orbit of Mars

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Johannes Kepler was a

• German Mathematician and Astronomer

• Ancient Greek Philosopher

• Greek philosopher and Astronomer

• Greco- Egyptian astronomer and mathematician

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Who is the key figure in the 17th-century Scientific Revolution?

• TYCHO BRAHE

• ARISTOTLE

• JOHANNES KEPLER

• CLAUDIUS PTOLEMY