Kepler's Laws

Which model of the solar system did Copernicus prove to be wrong?

• Perihelion Model

• Galilean Model

• Geocentric Model

• Heliocentric Model

'Geo-' means ____; while 'helio-' means ____.

• Middle; earth

• Sun; Center

• Sun; earth

• Earth; sun

Match the following

• Revolution

• The movement of a planet around the Sun

• Rotation

• The spinning motion of a planet

• Orbit

• The path a planet follows around the sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Eccentricity measures:

• The shape of a planet's orbit

• The average distance from the sun to the planet

• The size of a planet's orbit

• How close planet's orbits are to each other

• How fast a planet moves along its orbit

The shape of the orbit is:

• Circuloid

• An ellipse

• An Oval

• A squashed circle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The planet's orbit is:

• Not eccentric

• Normal

• Highly eccentric

• Periherdrial

• Circular

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The planet shown is near the ______ of the orbit?

• Minor axis

• Foci

• Perihelion

• Aphelion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The sun is located at:

• The center of gravity

• The perihelion

• one of the foci

• The aphelion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The planet will be moving fastest when it is near the:

• Semi-major axis

• Sun

• Foci

• Aphelion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which section of a planet's orbit has the largest area?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• The areas can't be determined

• The sections all have the same area