Quiz: Gravity, Kepler's Laws, The Moon, Eclipses

Where is the planet moving faster

• Position A to B
• Position B to C
• Position H to I
• Position I to J

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What does Kepler's 1st Law state?

• all planets move in elliptical shaped orbits around the sun

• all ellipses have one foci

• the area that a planet revolves around the sun is equal

• the speed that a planet revolves around the sun changes

An ellipse is drawn around two points called

• aphelion
• perihelion
• foci
• axis

Kepler's 2nd Law deals with 

• the shape of the planets' orbits
• the speed/area the planet travels 
• the length of time it takes the planet to orbit the sun

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Which ellipse has an eccentricity of 0.0.

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Which ellipse has an eccentricity of 0.7.

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Which diagram shows a planet with the least eccentric orbit?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

According to Kepler's 3rd law, the square of the time it takes a planet to orbit (T) is directly related to the cube of the semi-major axis (a). This means the further away from the sun a planet orbits, _?_.

• the larger the constant k is.

• the smaller the constant k is.

• the longer the orbital period is.

• the shorter the orbital period is.

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

How are mass and weight different?

• mass never changes

• weight depends on gravity

• mass depends on gravity

• weight never changes