Circular Motion
Gravitational Force
Kepler's Laws
Solar System Trivia
Proportional Reasoning
100
A force that results in circular motion
What is Centripetal Force?
100
The equation for the force of Gravity between two masses, M and m, separated by a distance R.
What is:
F_g=(GMm)/r^2
100
The shape of the path of a planet's orbit
What is an ellipse?
100
The largest planet in our Solar System
What is Jupiter?
100
The relationship between the Force of Gravity and Mass
What is a direct or linear relationship?
200
A fictitious "force" that causes objects to fly outward when moving in circular motion.
What is Centrifugal Force?
200
The formula for "g"
What is:
g=(GM)/r^2
200
The location of the Sun relative to Earth's Orbital Path
What is the location of one of its two focii?
200
The smallest planet in our Solar System
What is Mercury?
200
The relationship between the Force of Gravity and distance between the objects
What is an inverse squared relationship?
300
v^2/r
What is Centripetal Acceleration?
300
Gravity warps this
What is Space-Time?
300
The distance from a planet to the star it's orbiting
What is Orbital Radius?
300
This is located between Mars and Jupiter
What is the Asteroid Belt?
300
This would happen to the force of gravity if the mass tripled
What is multiplied by 3?
400
The Orbital Velocity of an object that moves in a circle with a Radius of 144 meters once every 3 seconds.
What is 301.5929 meters per second?
400
The units for G
What are Nm2/kg2 ?
400
A planet orbiting a star sweeps out equal ______ over equal _______.
What are areas and time?
400
This is where Pluto is
What is the Kuiper Belt?
400
This would happen to the force of gravity if the distance between the objects tripled
What is divided by 9?
500
the centripetal acceleration of a 10 kg object revolving in a circle of radius 5 meters, whose orbital velocity is 10 meters/seconds
What is 20 meters per second squared?
500
the Force of gravity between a 100 kg object and a 50 kg object, separated by 100 meters
What is 3.335 x 10-11 Newtons?
500
Kepler's 3rd law in Sentence Form (what this equation means)
What is, "the square of the ratio of Orbital Periods for two objects orbiting the same body is equal to the cube of the ratio of their Orbital Radii".
500
The hottest planet in our Solar System
What is Venus?
500
This would happen to the orbital velocity if the satellite's mass doubled
What is it wouldn't change.