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Planetary motion and gravitation

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Physics

10th Grade

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Planetary motion and gravitation
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Kepler's second law or the equal area law states that the closer a planet is to the sun the ________ it travels. 

Faster 
Slower
Higher
Lower

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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This model best illustrates which of the following laws?

Kepler's 2nd Law of Motion
Newton's 1st Law of Motion
Kepler's 3rd Law of Motion
Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Planets revolve around the sun in an elliptical orbit. Is this Kepler's 1st, 2nd, or 3rd Law? ?  

1st
2nd
3rd
None

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Two satellites are in orbit around a planet. One satellite has an orbital radius of 8.0×106 m. The period of revolution for this satellite is 1.0×106 s. The other satellite has an orbital radius of 2.0×107 m. What is this satellite’s period of revolution?

5.0×105 s

4.0×106 s

2.5×106 s

1.3×107 s

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What shape is Earth's orbit?

circle

ellipse

square

spiral

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

An ellipse is drawn around two points called

aphelion
perihelion
foci
axis

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When a planet orbits the Sun, one of the foci of the elliptical orbit is 

the axis
the perihelion
the center
the Sun

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