Kepler's Laws and Planetary Motion

What shape are the orbits of planets according to Kepler's laws?

• Circular

• Elliptical

• Parabolic

• Hyperbolic

According to Kepler's second law, what happens to a planet's speed as it gets closer to the Sun?

• It decreases

• It remains constant

• It increases

• It stops

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Which of the following planets has an orbital period of approximately 0.24 Earth years?

• Earth

• Venus

• Mercury

• Jupiter

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Why does a line between a planet and the Sun sweep out equal areas during equal time periods, no matter the planet's distance from the Sun during its orbit?

• Because of the planet's constant speed

• Due to the gravitational pull of the Sun

• As a result of Kepler's Second Law

• Because of the planet's elliptical orbit

When a planet orbits the Sun, one of the foci of the elliptical orbit is 

• the axis
• the perihelion
• the center
• the Sun

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Where is the planet moving faster

• Position A to B
• Position B to C
• Position H to I
• Position I to J

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What is true about the area between points A, B and the Sun, and the area between points H, I and the Sun?

• The area between A, B and the Sun is the largest.
• The area between H, I and the Sun is the largest
• Both areas are equal in size
• There is not enough information to determine the areas

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Kepler's 2nd Law deals with 

• the shape of the planets' orbits
• the speed/area the planet travels 
• the length of time it takes the planet to orbit the sun

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What has an eccentricity of zero

• a straight line
• a large ellipse
• a circle
• a small ellipse

The areas swept by an invisible line between the sun an the earth will be

• larger if the earth moves for the same amount of time

• equal if the earth moves for the same amount of time

• smaller if the earth moves for the same amount of time

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