AST.3b Kepler's Laws

The mentor of Johannes Kepler was ...

• Tycho Brahe

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Nicholaus Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

The Law of Ellipses would be considered ...

• Kepler's First Law

• Kepler's Second Law

• Kepler's Third Law

• Kepler's Fourth Law

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

The Law of Equal Areas would be considered ...

• Kepler's First Law

• Kepler's Second Law

• Kepler's Third Law

• Kepler's Fourth Law

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

The Law of Harmonies is known as ...

• Kepler's First Law

• Kepler's Second Law

• Kepler's Third Law

• Kepler's Fourth Law

As the Earth passes through the Winter Solstice, it ...

• is moving faster than at the Summer Solstice.

• is moving slower than at the Summer Solstice.

• is moving the same speed than at the Summer Solstice.

• is no longer moving at all.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The ratio of the square of the period to the radius cubed of any planet in our solar system is ...

• constant

• increasing

• decreasing

• equal to pi

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

The place where a planet is closest to the Sun as it orbits the Sun is called the ...

• perihelion

• aphelion

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

The place where a planet is farthest from the Sun as it moves along its orbit is called the ...

• aphelion

• perihelion

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

The farther a planet is from the Sun, the __________ it takes to orbit the Sun.

• longer

• shorter

• it does not matter since the rate will be the same for all planets

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Which term describes when the Earth spins on its axis?

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Resolution

• Evolution