Kepler's Laws
Solar System
Gravity
Misc 2
Misc 2
100
The shape of the orbit of a planets around the Sun?
What is ellipse?
100
The model that states that in our solar system the Sun travels around the Earth.
What is geocentric?
100
This force caused the solar nebular to collapse toward the center, causing the center of the sun to be dense and hot
What is gravity
100
When a planet orbits in front of their star the star gets slightly dimmer. The bigger the planet is the _______________ it makes the star.
What is dimmer?
100
Name of our galaxy
Milky Way
200
Each planet orbits the sun in an ellipse?
What is Kepler's 1st law?
200
The model that states that in our solar system the Earth travels around the Sun.
What is heliocentric?
200
Force of gravity will _________________ as the mass of objects increase.
What is increase?
200
When a planet orbits in front of their star the star gets slightly dimmer. Planets farther from the star take _________________ time to pass in front of a star.
What is longer?
200
The name of the most recent rover that landed on Mars.
What is Perseverance?
300
Which planet has the most eccentric orbit?
What is C?
300
The planet with the shortest orbital revolution.
What is Mercury?
300
The force of gravity will _________________ as the distance between objects increases.
What is decrease?
300
The year an astronaut first landed on the moon.
What is 1969?
300
Do galaxies move?
Yes actually. Everything in space moves- rotates and revolves.
400
Planets orbit at different speeds during the planet orbital period.
What is Kepler's 2nd law?
400
The rocky planet with the longest orbital revolution.
What is Mars?
400
Which planets experience the strongest force of gravity with the Sun?
What is Mercury?
400
The planet with the thickest atmosphere.
What is Venus?
400
Why do planets orbit the Sun?
Their forward motion is balanced by the pull of gravity from the Sun.
500
As planet distance from the Sun increases, the planet orbital speed decreases.
What is Kepler's 3rd law?
500
If an apple is used to represent the size of Jupiter, what would represent the size of Earth?
What is a pea?
500
Which planet experiences the weakest force of gravity with the Sun?
What is Neptune?
500
Which laws do you need to know in order to calculate how to land a spacecraft on Mars?
What is law of gravity and Kepler's laws?
500
What did Neil Armstrong say he when he stepped on the Moon?
What is: That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind?