Orbits Review

Last updated about 4 years ago

9 questions

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Last updated about 4 years ago

9 questions

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Match the term with its definition

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
The horizontal radius of an elliptical orbit		Eccentricity
The point in an orbit farthest from the Sun		Major Axis
The calculated measure of how circular or oval shaped an orbit is		Minor Axis
One of the center points of an ellipse (in our solar system, one is the Sun)		Perihelion
The vertical diameter of an elliptical orbit		Aphelion
The amount of time it takes for an object to make a complete orbit		Focal Point
The attractive force determined by the mass of 2 objects and the distance between them		Orbital period
The horizontal diameter of an elliptical orbit		Gravity
The point in an orbit closest to Sun		Semi Major Axis

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Kepler's First Law		An object at rest will stay at rest, an object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force
Kepler's Third Law		When two bodies interact, they apply forces to one another that are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction
Kepler's Second Law		Objects in our solar system orbit in elliptical orbits with one focal point being the Sun
Newton's Third Law		The closer an object is the the object it's orbiting, the higher it's velocity
Newton's First Law		The larger the semimajor axis of an orbit, the longer the orbital period.

Match the term with its definition

The horizontal radius of an elliptical orbit

Eccentricity

The point in an orbit farthest from the Sun

Major Axis

The calculated measure of how circular or oval shaped an orbit is

Minor Axis

One of the center points of an ellipse (in our solar system, one is the Sun)

Perihelion

The vertical diameter of an elliptical orbit

Aphelion

The amount of time it takes for an object to make a complete orbit

Focal Point

The attractive force determined by the mass of 2 objects and the distance between them

Orbital period

The horizontal diameter of an elliptical orbit

Gravity

The point in an orbit closest to Sun

Semi Major Axis

Match the Laws of Motion

Kepler's First Law

An object at rest will stay at rest, an object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force

Kepler's Third Law

When two bodies interact, they apply forces to one another that are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction

Kepler's Second Law

Objects in our solar system orbit in elliptical orbits with one focal point being the Sun

Newton's Third Law

The closer an object is the the object it's orbiting, the higher it's velocity

Newton's First Law

The larger the semimajor axis of an orbit, the longer the orbital period. 

Which 2 factors determine the force of gravity between 2 objects?

what the objects are made of

the distance between the objects

the shape of the object's orbit

the speed of the objects

the object's masses

A

B

A

B

A

B

A

B

A

B

Which 2 numbers would you need to calculate the eccentricity of an object's orbit?

Semi Major Axis

Orbital Period

Major Axis

Minor Axis

Distance between foci

Object's Mass

Which orbit represents an object with a high eccenricity?

A

B

Which orbit represents an object with a low eccentricity?

A

B

Which orbit will have an object with a high variation in its orbit? (Sometimes its very close to the Sun, sometimes its very far away?

A

B

Which orbit would represent an object with the most consistent velocity?

A

B

Which orbit would represent an object with the most consistent gravitational pull on the star?

A

B