Gravity and Centripetal Acceleration

Gravity and Centripetal Acceleration

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Quiz

Physics

10th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

NGSS
HS-PS2-4, HS-PS2-1, HS-ESS1-4

+3

Standards-aligned

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Steffi Patton

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Predict the magnitude of the gravitational force a 66.5 kg person would experience while standing on the surface of each of Earth
Mass: 5.97 × 10^24 kg Radius 6.38 × 10^6 m

246 N
651 N
38.5 N
0.692 N

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Predict the magnitude of the gravitational force a 66.5 kg person would experience while standing on the surface of each of Pluto
Mass 1.25 × 10^22 kg
Radius 1.20 × 10^6 m

0.692 N
651 N
246 N
38.5 N

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Each planet travels in an elliptical orbit around the sun,and the sun is at one of the focal points is Kepler's___ Law?

1st
2nd
3rd
None of the above

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An imaginary line drawn from the sun to any planet sweeps out equal areas in equal time intervals is Kepler's___ Law?

1st
2nd
3rd
None of the above

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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 The planet travels faster when it is closer to the sun and slower when it is farther away when it is closer to the sun and slower when it is farther away describes which of Kepler's Laws (see illustration)

1st
2nd
3rd
None of the above

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Mars has a mass of about 6.4 × 10^23 kg, and its moon Phobos has a mass of about 9.6 × 10^15 kg. If the magnitude of the gravitational force between the two bodies is 4.6 × 10^15 N, how far apart are Mars and Phobos?

18.7x10^10 m
8.99x10^11 m
9.4x10^6 m
19.76x10^-10 m

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Predict the magnitude of the gravitational force a 66.5 kg person would experience while standing on the surface of Mars:
Mass 6.42 × 10^23 kg
Radius 3.40 × 10^6 m

246 N
38.5 N
651 N
0.692 N

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

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