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planetary motion

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What shape is Earth's orbit?

a)

circle

b)

ellipse

c)

square

d)

spiral

2.

What is Kepler's 1st law?

a)

The planets orbit in an ellipse

b)

The plants move faster when they are closer to the sun and slower when they are further from the sun

c)

The farther a planet is from the sun the slower the orbit

(P2 = a3)

3.

What is Kepler's 2nd law?

a)

The planets orbit in an ellipse

b)

The plants move faster when they are closer to the sun and slower when they are further from the sun

c)

The farther a planet is from the sun the slower the orbit

(P2 = a3)

4.
The force of attraction between all matter.
a)
inertia
b)
friction
c)
net force
d)
gravity
5.
An ellipse is drawn around two points called
a)
aphelion
b)
perihelion
c)
foci
d)
axis
6.
What is true about the area between points A, B and the Sun, and the area between points H, I and the Sun?
a)
The area between A, B and the Sun is the largest.
b)
The area between H, I and the Sun is the largest
c)
Both areas are equal in size
d)
There is not enough information to determine the areas
7.
Two factors effecting the magnitude of the force of gravity between 2 objects are...
a)
mass and distance 
b)
mass and matter
c)
distance and weight 
d)
weight and mass
8.

Is the Sun a star?

a)

yes

b)

no

9.

Calculate the gravitational force between two objects when they are 0.750m apart. Each object has a mass of 5.00kg.

a)

2.96x10-9N

b)

3.00x10-6N

c)

2.22x10-9N

d)

2.23x10-8N

10.
Two factors effecting the magnitude of the force of gravity between 2 objects are...
a)
mass and distance 
b)
mass and matter
c)
distance and weight 
d)
weight and mass
11.
Gravity attracts all objects towards one another.
a)
False
b)
True
c)
It depends
12.

Two spherical objects have masses of 8000 kg and 1500 kg. Their centers are separated by a distance of 1.5 m. Find the gravitational attraction between them

a)

5.4 X 10-4 N

b)

1.2 X 107 N

c)

3.6 X 10-4 N

d)

5.33 N

13.

Which configuration will result in the greatest gravitational force?

a)

small masses far apart

b)

large masses far apart

c)

small masses close together

d)

large masses close together

14.
What happens to Gravitational force if I double both of the masses but don't change their distance?
a)
doubles
b)
half as big
c)
4x bigger
d)
4x smaller
15.

A 500 kg asteroid is located 3.4 x107m from the center of Earth. The mass of Earth is 6.0x1024 kg. What is the gravitational force between the asteroid and Earth?

F = GMm/r2

G= 6.67 x 10-11

a)

1.73 x 102 N

b)

4.63 x 105 N

c)

2.94 x 103 N

d)

6.42 x 104 N