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Kepler and Gravity Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Two factors effecting the strength of gravity between 2 objects are...

a)

weight and mass

b)

distance and weight

c)

mass and matter

d)

mass and distance

2.

The gravitational force between two object is 5000 N. What would the force be if both masses were doubled in size?

a)

9.8 N

b)

20,000 N

c)

2500 N

d)

10,000 N

3.
Two asteroids exert a gravitational force, F, on each other. Some time later, the asteroids are now three times as far from each other as before. Which of the following represents the gravitational force at this distance? 
a)
F/3
b)
F/2
c)
F/6
d)
F/9
4.
Two objects are attracted to each other with 36 N of gravitational force.
What would the force between them be if the distance between them were doubled?
a)
9
b)
18
c)
72
d)
144
5.

two identical 50,000 kg asteroids are separated by 1000 m and have a gravitational force of 6.7 N? What would the force between them be if they were 2000 m apart?

a)

2500 N

b)

3.3 N

c)

3.45 N

d)

1.67

6.

Two spherical objects have masses of 8000 kg and 1500 kg. Their centers are separated by a distance of 1.5 m. They have a gravitational force between then of 0.0036 N. What would it be if the distance was 3 m instead?

a)

5.4 X 10-4 N

b)

1.2 X 107 N

c)

9 X 10-4 N

d)

5.33 N

7.

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

8.
Two objects are attracted to one another by a strength of force F. If one mass doubles and the other is tripled, what is the new gravitational force between the objects in terms
 of F? 
a)
4F
b)
6F
c)
1/9 F
d)
1/6 F
9.

Two objects with equal masses of 1 kg each are separated by a distance of 1 m. The gravitational force between the objects is:

a)

Slightly less than G

b)

Slightly greater that G

c)

Equal to G

d)

Half as much of G

10.

An object with a mass of 48 kg measured on Earth is taken to the Moon. What is the weight of the object on the Moon’s surface if the acceleration due to gravity on Moon is one-sixth of that on Earth?

a)

80 N

b)

48 N

c)

288 N

d)

8 N

11.
How much force is needed to accelerate a 3kg skateboard at 5m/s2?
a)
8N
b)
1.6N
c)
0.6N
d)
15N
12.

When force is 20 N, mass is 5 kg, what is acceleration?

a)

25 m/s/s

b)

5 m/s/s

c)

100 m/s/s

d)

4 m/s/s

13.
An object accelerates 5 m/s2 when a force of 20 newtons is applied to it. What is the mass of the object?
a)
4 Kg
b)
20 Kg
c)
0.5 Kg
d)
2 Kg
14.
An object with a mass of 6.0 kg accelerates 4.0 m/s2 when an unknown force is applied to it. What is the amount of the force?
a)
240 N
b)
24 N
c)
2.4 N
d)
0.24 N
15.

Which Planet moves the fastest?

a)

Mercury

b)

Earth

c)

Jupiter

d)

Saturn

16.

Kepler's Second Law says

a)

Planets move faster when closer to the Sun

b)

Planets move faster when further from the Sun

c)

Planets orbit in an Ellipse

d)

The ratio of the orbital period and the average distance is equal for each planet

17.

What force helps planets move faster?

a)

Coulomb

b)

Electricity

c)

Gravity

d)

Newton

18.

One of the two foci in our solar system needs to be the

a)

A planet

b)

Jupiter

c)

Earth

d)

The Sun

19.

Where is the planet moving fastest

a)
Position A to B
b)
Position B to C
c)
Position H to I
d)
Position I to J
20.
What happens to the shape of an ellipse as the foci move closer together?
a)
The ellipse becomes flatter.
b)
The ellipse becomes rounder.
21.
Which ellipse has the lowest eccentricity?
a)
Top
b)
Middle
c)
Bottom
22.
Which ellipse has the highest eccentricity?
a)
Top
b)
Middle
c)
Bottom
23.

The value of eccentricity can range from ________ to ________.

a)

0.1 to 0.9

b)

-1 to 0

c)

0 to 100

d)

0 to 1

24.

If a planet is 2AU from it's star and take 3 years to orbit it. Another planet is 5 AU away, what is it's period?

a)

2.8 years

b)

12 year

c)

140 years

d)

19 years

25.

If a planet is 10AU from the sun, what's it's period?

a)

29 years

b)

12 years

c)

31.6 years

d)

4 years

26.

If a planet revolves around the sun once every 35 Earth years, what is it's average distance from the Sun?

a)

11AU

b)

10.7AU

c)

11.7AU

d)

10AU

27.

A planet orbits a star with a radius of 1 AU. What is its orbital period?

a)

0.5 years

b)

1 year

c)

2 years

d)

1.5 years

28.

If a moon orbits it's planet at a distance of 300 km, with a period of 2 months, how long would the period be for another moon 200 km away??

a)

3 months

b)

1.06 months

c)

1.18 months

d)

8 months

29.

A planet has a period of 1 Earth year. What is its orbital radius?

a)

0.5 AU

b)

1 AU

c)

2 AU

d)

3 AU

30.

A planet with an orbital period of 8 years orbits at what distance?

a)

1 Astronomical Unit

b)

2 Astronomical Units

c)

4 Astronomical Units

d)

8 Astronomical Units