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Total questions: 7

Worksheet time: 4mins

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Class
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1.

Planets orbit the Sun in a shape called a(n)

a)

Circle

b)

Focus

c)

Perihelion

d)

Ellipse

2.

When a planet orbits the Sun, one of the foci of the elliptical orbit is

a)

The axis

b)

The center

c)

The sun

d)

The perihelion

3.

Kepler's 2nd Law deals with

a)

the shape of the planets' orbits

b)

the speed/area the planet travels

c)

the length of time it takes the planet to orbit the sun

4.

If I double the mass of one object, but don't change anything else... What happens to the gravitational force between two objects?

a)

Doubles

b)

Quadruples

c)

Cut in Half

d)

4x Smaller

5.

Complete the following statement: The farther away two planets are the _______ the gravitational force between them.

a)

more

b)

same

c)

doesn't matter

d)

less

6.

The law of universal gravitation is credited to whom?

a)

Einstein

b)

Beckett

c)

Rose

d)

Newton

7.

What states that "every object in the universe attracts every other object"?

a)

Law of Universal Gravitation

b)

Newton's First Law of Motion

c)

Newton's Third Law

d)

Inertia & gravity