Kepler's Laws of Orbital Motion

What shape does an orbiting body follow according to Kepler's First Law?

• Triangle

• Circle

• Ellipse

• Square

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Where is the central massive body located in an elliptical orbit according to Kepler's First Law?

• At one of the foci

• At both foci

• At the center

• Outside the ellipse

According to Kepler's Second Law, how is the area swept by the line between a central body and an orbiting object described?

• Decreases over time

• Increases over time

• Constant over equal time intervals

• Random

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

What happens to the speed of an orbiting object as it gets closer to the central massive body?

• It remains constant

• It increases

• It stops

• It decreases

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

What does Kepler's Third Law compare?

• The size of orbiting objects

• The speed of orbiting objects

• The orbital periods of objects around different central bodies

• The orbital periods of objects around the same central body

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4