Kepler's Laws, Gravitational and Satellite Motion

This law compared the orbital period and radius of orbit to those of other planets

• Kepler's 3rd Law

• Kepler's 1st Law

• Kepler's 2nd Law

• Law of Gravity

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Planets move in ellipses, with the center of the sun at 1 focus. This law describes which Kepler's law?

• Kepler's 1st Law

• Kepler's 3rd Law

• Kepler's 3rd Law

• Law of Gravitation

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

What is the path that the planet follows called?

• Focus

• Perihelion

• Aphelion

• Elliptical

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which of the following is NOT true about how gravitational pull influences the orbit of an object around a star?

• If the mass of the star is too big, then the planet will not stay on the path of orbit and will be pulled towards the sun

• If the mass of the star is too small, then the planet will not stay on the path of orbit and will drift off into space

• If the mass of the planet is too large, then the planet will be pulled into an orbit that is closer to the sun

• The mass of the planet has no impact on its orbit around the sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

How does the period change as the orbital radius increases?

• The period increases as the orbital radius increases

• The period decreases as the orbital radius increases

• The period does not change as the orbital radius increases

• There is no relationship between the period and the orbital radius

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

When Kepler compared the cube of the mean orbital radius to the square of the period, what did he discover which led him to discover his 3rd law?

• R^3 is always double the size of T^2

• R^3 is always smaller than T^2

• R^3 is always bigger than T^2

• R^3 and T^2 are identical

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

The force of attraction that pulls objects toward each other and controls the motion of our solar system

• solar system

• gravity

• Earth

• orbit

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

This law describes the speed at which any given planet will move while orbiting the Sun

• Kepler's 2nd Law

• Kepler's 1st Law

• Law of Gravitation

• Kepler's 3rd Law

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

The motion of a planet can be described as a ________.

• Foci

• Ellipse

• Semi-major axis

• Focus

Please label C on the Ellipse

• Focus

• Major Axis

• Minor Axis

• Semi-Major Axis