Planetary Motion
Grade 6•45 minutes
Learning Objective
I can model the movement of planets in our solar system and describe the patterns I observe.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 7 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. Describe Kepler's first law of planetary motion in your own words. What shape are the orbits of planets around the sun?
2. Explain Kepler's second law. How does a planet's speed change as it moves closer to or farther from the sun?
3. According to Kepler's third law, what is the relationship between a planet's orbital period and its average distance from the sun?
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