Kepler

Kepler's 3rd law tell us that __ would be dependent on __.

• orbital period ; distance

• distance ; orbital period

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

The path a planet travels around the sun is called its 

• orbit

• ellipse

• barycenter

• precession

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Kepler's 1st Law says this about the orbits of planets

• they are elliptical.

• they are perfect circles.

• they are always perfect polygons (square, pentagon, hexagon, etc.,)

• they are parabolic.

Kepler's 3rd Law states that the farther away a planet is from the sun, the _______ it takes it to orbit the sun once (year).

• longer

• shorter

According to Kepler's 2nd Law when do planets move the fastest?

• Close to the sun

• Far away from the sun

A new planet is discovered orbiting a single star. The planet has one moon. According to Kepler’s first law, what do scientists know about the orbit of the planet around the star?

• The orbit is circular

• The orbit is elliptical

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Which scientist came up up with the three laws of planetary motion?

• Newton

• Kepler

• Einstein

• Hawking

The diagram below shows a moon revolving around a planet in an elliptical orbit. Using your knowledge of Kepler's Law, at which position is the moon traveling fastest?

• location 1

• location 2

• location 3

• location 4

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The diagram below shows a moon revolving around a planet in an elliptical orbit. Using your knowledge of Kepler's Law, at which position is the moon traveling slowest?

• location 1

• location 2

• location 3

• location 4

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which Law is it? This Law states that a planets distance from the sun impacts its time to complete 1 orbital revolution (year).

• Kepler's 1st Law

• Kepler's 2nd Law

• Kepler's 3rd Law