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Gravity/Relativity/Astronomers Retest

Authored by VANESSA ESPINO

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12th Grade

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Gravity/Relativity/Astronomers Retest
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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Galileo contribute to the understanding of falling objects?

Objects fall at different rates based on mass

Objects maintain a constant acceleration during free fall

Falling objects follow circular trajectories

Impetus influences the speed of falling objects

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2.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

Kepler

measured radius of earth

Ptolemy

gravity/planetary motion

Newton

"invented" telescope

Galileo

Wrote Almagest

Eratosthenes

3 laws of planetary motion

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

The number 6.67 x 10 -11 N* m2 / kg2 is called the

Universal speed constant

centripetal force

Universal Gravitational constant

Earth's Gravitational constant

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The special theory of relativity was derived by:

Galileo
Newton
Einstein
Sitter

5.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following of Special Relativity

Items look smaller when moving faster

Mass-Energy Equivalence Equation

Time slows down for objects moving fast

Length Contraction

Relativity, perception of events

Simultaneity

E=mc2

Time Dilation

6.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the following

taught others complex theories

Herschel

moon is 1/3 size of Earth.

Brache

Star Maps, predicted solar eclipses

Aristarchus

Catalog of stars, found major comets

Somerville

observed the supernova of 1572

Hipparchus

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which statement about gravity is true?

gravity causes objects to pull towards one another

gravity causes objects to push away from each other

gravity only takes place between planets

the moon doesn't have any gravity

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

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