Kepler's Laws Vocabulary

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Science
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9th Grade
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Hard
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Lisa Thompson
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which answer choice best describes kepler's 1st law
Space travel is limited by the speed of light and gravitational forces
Each planet orbits the sun in an ellipse rather than a circle
Each planet orbits the sun in a circle
The earth's edges have a heliocentric model
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Kepler's 1st Law says this about the orbits of planets
they are elliptical.
they are perfect circles.
they are always perfect polygons (square, pentagon, hexagon, etc.,)
they are parabolic.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Kepler's 3rd Law states that the farther away a planet is from the sun, the _______ it takes it to orbit the sun once (year).
longer
shorter
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A new planet is discovered orbiting a single star. The planet has one moon. According to Kepler’s first law, what do scientists know about the orbit of the planet around the star?
The orbit is circular
The orbit is elliptical
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which scientist came up up with the three laws of planetary motion?
Newton
Kepler
Einstein
Hawking
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which Law is it?
This Law states that a planets path around the sun is elliptical.
Kepler's 1st Law
Kepler's 2nd Law
Kepler's 3rd Law
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