Which law explains that planets are orbiting the sun in a path described as an elliptical path
What is Kepler's 1st Law
100
What did Newton study?
What is gravity
100
A celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star
What is a planet
100
An artificial body placed in orbit around the earth or moon or another planet in order to collect information or for communication
What is satellite
200
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, after Mercury
What is Mars
200
Which law compares the different planets that are orbiting the sun?
What is Kepler's 3rd Law
200
Why did Newton decide to study and research gravity
An apple fell on his head while he was sitting under a tree
200
The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution
What is an Orbit
200
What is the biggest star in the universe?
What is the sun
300
second-largest major planet,
composed largely of gases and liquids
most distant planet plainly visible to the naked eye
What is Saturn
300
Which law explains that a planet moves fastest when it is closest to the sun and slowest when it is furthest from the sun
What is Kepler's 2nd Law
300
What object has a strong gravitational pull that pulls us to the center of the Earth?
What is the sun
300
What is the difference between rotation of a planet and the revolution of a planet?
When an object turns around an internal axis (like the Earth turns around its axis) it is called a rotation. When an object circles an external axis (like the Earth circles the sun) it is called a revolution.
300
Why do we call it the "solar system"
It is related to the sun
400
This planet has 173 moons
What is Jupiter
400
Draw a diagram that shows and explains Kepler's 2nd law of motion
Teacher will review
400
What keeps the Earth and the other planets in our solar system in orbit around the sun
What is gravity
400
of, on, or relating to the earth
or
an inhabitant of the earth
What is terrestrial
400
How many days does it take the Earth to revolve around the sun?
What is 365 days
500
List planets in order from the sun
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune & Pluto
500
Draw a diagram that shows and explains Kepler's 1st law of planetary motion
Teacher will review
500
Tides are caused by the rotation of the Earth and the gravitational effects of the ___________ and __________
What is moon and sun
500
A small body in space orbits a large one (like a planet around the sun) along an elliptical path
What is elliptical or elliptical path
500
How many hours does it take the Earth to rotate a complete circle in its axis?