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Kepler's three laws

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Nicolaus Copernicus discovered the solar system as heliocentric in what year

a)

1700

b)

2025

c)

1543

d)

15 A.D.

2.

Heliocentric

a)

sun is the center

b)

Earth orbits mars

c)

A star is a black hole

d)

Sun orbits Neptune

3.

what are you trying to find when you use this equation e=f/d

a)

Eccentricity

b)

Orbital radius

c)

equilibrium

d)

sun

4.

Foci

a)

two points that determine the shape of the ellipse

b)

orbit

c)

Time period

d)

four points that are orbiting a black hole

5.

Kepler's first law

a)

planets orbit the sun at one focus which is an ellipse

b)

Kepler's second law

c)

The measurement of how flat or round an ellipse is

d)

Mars orbits the earth

6.

Kepler's second law

a)

Gravity

b)

Field

c)

line between the sun and the planets sweeps equal areas in equal time. So when a object is farther from the sun it is slower. When it is closer it becomes faster time.

d)

mass times charge equals equilibrium

7.

Kepler's third law

a)

Earth orbits black holes

b)

the period for a planet to orbit the sun increases rapidly with the radius of its orbit.

c)

Humans are 50 times heavier on pluto

d)

Pluto is a star

8.

Which college did Mr. Herrin go to?

a)

BYU Idaho

b)

BYU Hawaii

c)

Stanford

d)

YMCA

9.

perihelion

a)

farthest from the sun

b)

Law of harmonies

c)

closest to the sun

d)

Aphelion

10.

Orbital Period

a)

time it takes to go around the sun

b)

time it take to go around Pluto

c)

e=f/d

d)

Gravitational field

11.

Orbital Period

a)

time it takes to go around the sun

b)

time it take to go around Pluto

c)

e=f/d

d)

Gravitational field