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Reading Quiz: Satellites

Answers must be submitted by 10:00am Wednesday, Feb. the 20th 

Read CP Chapter 14 + P3 Chapter 8. Then answer the following questions.

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1. Name the astronomer whose observations of the motions of planets led to the discovery that planetary motion obeys mathematical laws.  (one word)

2.  The diagram on p. 177 of P3 shows the Earth during two different parts of its orbit around the Sun. The shaded areas of the diagram represent the areas "swept out" by the Earth during those two parts of the orbit. In the diagram, those two areas are equal. If the time for the Earth to sweep out the area that is closer to the Sun is one month, then the time for the Earth to sweep out the area that is farther from the Sun must be (choose one):

Less than one month

Equal to one month

More than one month

3. Does the force of gravity from the Sun do any net work on the Earth during one full elliptical orbit (yes or no) ?

4. Suppose two different satellites orbit a mass, as shown for example in the diagram on p. 180 of P3 (ignore the numbers in that example, just look at the diagram). Let's say that the radius of the larger orbit in the diagram is 4 times greater than the radius of the smaller orbit. According to Kepler's Third Law, how many times greater (or smaller) is the period of the satellite with the larger orbit ? Enter a numerical value in the first box, and either "greater" or "smaller" in the second box. 

  times

5. This question refers to the diagram used in question 4. Does the force of gravity made by the planet do any work on either of the two satellites (yes or no) ? Briefly explain why or why not.

 

6. Read carefully the derivation of Kepler's Third Law on pp. 182-183 of P3. Which of the six physics principles we have learned this trimester are used in the derivation ?  List by number all that apply. 

7. What physics quantity was Cavendish the first to measure ? Give your answer as a short phrase (5 words or fewer)

8. Name the first planet whose existence was predicted using Newton's theory of gravity, before the planet was actually observed by astronomers. (one word) 

9. The period of a satellite in a near-Earth orbit is approximately minutes. 

10. A satellite is in a circular orbit around a planet. On which of the following variables does the satellite's speed depend ? (check all that apply):

Mass of the satellite

Radius of satellite's orbit

Mass of the planet

11. Although astronauts on the Space Station are not weightless, they do feel weightless. Explain briefly why they feel this way (8 words or fewer).

12. Name the scientist who first conceived the idea of a "field" to understand how an object can exert a force on another object that it is not touching. (one word)  

13. Briefly describe one prediction made by Einstein's theory of gravity that has been experimentally confirmed.

14. Name the first space probe to escape the Solar System.  What effect that we have discussed in class allowed the probe to gain enough speed to escape the Sun ? (two words)

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