Unit 2 Review guide

What type of galaxy is the milky way?

• Elliptical

• Irregular

• Barred Spiral

• Spiral

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Identify the law: All orbits are elliptical with two center foci.

• Kepler's 1st Law

• Kepler's 2nd Law

• Kepler's 3rd Law

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Identify the law: A planet travels over equal areas in equal intervals of time to conserve angular momentum.

• Kepler's 1st Law

• Kepler's 2nd Law

• Kepler's 3rd Law

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Identify the law: A planet moves faster when it is closer to the Sun, and slower when it is farther from the Sun.

• Kepler's 1st Law

• Kepler's 2nd Law

• Kepler's 3rd Law

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Identify the law: The square of the orbital period is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis (farther away from the sun increases orbital period).

• Kepler's 1st Law

• Kepler's 2nd Law

• Kepler's 3rd Law

The force of gravity increases with an increase in distance

• True

• False

The force of gravity increases with an increase in mass

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The shape of the Earth's orbit is...

• Nearly circular

• very elliptical

• elliptical

• slightly elliptical

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Planet p travels area P3 to P4 in the same time interval as which other area according to Kepler's 2nd law

• P6 to P1

• P2 to P3

• P4 to P5

• P5 to P6

List the Planets and dwarf planets in order from the Sun

• Mercury

• Ceres

• Eris

• Saturn

• Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3