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Planetary Motion
Newton and Kepler
The Sun Our Very Own Star
The Solar System
Ms. Stanford and Mr. Ellington
100
The planets in the solar system move according to strict physical laws
What is true.
100
Kepler observed this about the movement of Mars
What is it had an ellipse-shaped orbit
100
The sun is made mostly of?
What is hydrogen and helium
100
How many planets are in our solar system
What is eight
100
Ms. Stanford's first name
What is Devin
200
path of a body traveling around a larger body
What is orbit
200
Kepler was unable to answer this question
What is why do planets closest to the sun move faster than planets farther away
200
The sun's energy is produced here
What is the core
200
Name the third planet from the sun
What is Earth
200
Year Ms. Stanford was born
What is 1992
300
Spinning on an axis
What is rotation
300
Newton's Third Law tells us the affect of __________ on an object depends on the distance and ______________
What are gravity and mass
300
The visible part of the sun is called the
What is photosphere
300
Name the 5th planet from the sun
What is Jupiter
300
Type of vehicle Mr. Ellington drives
What is F1 50
400
motion of a less massive body in its path around a more massive body
What is revolution
400
True or False: Newton provided an explanation of how gravity works
What is True
400
The source of the sun's energy?
What is nuclear fusion
400
huge interstellar clouds made mostly of dust, helium and hydrogen are called
What is nebulas
400
Mr. Ellington's age?
What is 50
500
time it takes for a body to travel once through its path
What is period of revolution
500
How many laws did Newton make
What is three
500
What are sunspots
What is darker or cooler areas of the sun caused by changes in the sun's magnetic fields
500
When temperature increases gas molecules
What is move faster
500
Ms. Stanford sister lives in (hint it's a different country)
What is Germany