Kepler's Laws 1, 2 and 3

Kepler's Laws 1, 2 and 3

9th Grade

10 Qs

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Kepler's Laws 1, 2 and 3

Kepler's Laws 1, 2 and 3

Assessment

Quiz

Science

9th Grade

Hard

NGSS
HS-ESS1-4, MS-ESS1-2, MS-PS2-4

Standards-aligned

Created by

Ashlee Hart

Used 58+ times

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The amount of time it takes for a planet to orbit around the sun is it's _____

axis length

foci

magnitude

period

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

2.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The farther a planet is from the sun the __ it's period of orbit.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Kepler's 3rd laws states that the semi-major axis of a planet’s orbit (average distance to the sun in A.U.’s) is related to the planet’s orbit period by the equation:

p2 = a3

In this equation what does 'p' represent?

A planet's average distance from the sun

A planet's orbital period

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Kepler’s 3rd law states that the semi-major axis of a planet’s orbit (average distance to the sun in A.U.’s) is related to the planet’s orbit period (in Earth-years) by the equation:

p2 = a3

What does 'a' represent in this equation?

A planet's distance from the sun

A planet's orbital period

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of Kepler's Laws states that "All planets move about the Sun in elliptical orbits, having the Sun as one of the foci"

Kepler's 1st law

Kepler's 2nd law

Kepler's 3rd law

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of Kepler's laws states that planets travel faster when they are close to the sun then they do when they are farther from the sun?

Kepler's 1st law

Kepler's 2nd law

Kepler's 3rd law

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

7.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Kepler's 3rd law states that a planet's period is proportional to its distance from the sun. Use the calculator found at http://www.1728.org/kepler3.htm to solve the following problem:

Mercury's period (p) is 0.241 years, how far is it from the sun (a)? Your answer should be in AUs. Do NOT include units in your answer.

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