Earth and Beyond

Earth is a large sphere that rotates on its axis as it travels around the Sun. Each rotation takes

• 24 hours

• 30 days

• 12 monts

All planets move in elliptical orbits, and the Sun is located at one of the focal points

• Kepler's third law

• Kepler's second law

• Kepler's first law

As earth rotates, it orbits the Sun in an almost circular path (a slight ellipse), taking _____ to complete each orbit

• 1 month

• 1 year

• 1 day

A line that connects a planet to the Sun sweeps out the same area in equal period of time

• Kepler's second law

• Kepler's third law

• Kepler's first law

The square of the orbital period of any planet is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit. The orbital period is the time taken for a planet to complete one full orbit.

• Kepler's first law

• Kepler's third law

• Kepler's second law