Activity Sheet for Universal Law of Gravitation and Kepler’s Law of Planetary Motion

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I. What is the universal law of gravitation? ______________________________________________________________

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II. In summary, what are Kepler’s 3 laws of planetary motion.

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III. In not more than 5 sentences, answer the following questions.

1. Does the gravitational force acting on a body towards Earth surface changes when the body changes its altitude?

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2. Using Kepler’s Law, how does the moon control the movement of the tides?

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3. Where is Earth when it is travelling the fastest? State the Kepler’s law applied.

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IV. Problem Solving

1. What is the force of attraction between a 60kg student in a park and the school building if the distance between the
two is 100m and the mass of the school is 65 000 000 kg?

2. Two asteroids are floating in space with mass 1.5 x 10 12 kg and 6.0 x 1012 kg respectively. The force of attraction
between them is 12 000 N how far apart are their centers of masses?