Lab: Energy Transfer

Question 1

What must be true of the two highlighted triangles in the image? Check all that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The time frame is the same for both triangles.; The area is the same for both triangles.

Question 2

A planet orbiting the Sun will experience the largest gravitational force and greatest tangential speed when it is the Sun. It will experience the smallest gravitational attraction and lowest tangential speed when it is the Sun.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

farthest from

Question 3

A planet orbiting the Sun will experience the largest gravitational force and greatest tangential speed when it is the Sun. It will experience the smallest gravitational attraction and lowest tangential speed when it is the Sun.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

closest to

Question 4

Saturn orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.43 × 1012 m. The mass of the Sun is 1.99 × 1030 kg. Use to determine Saturn’s orbital period in Earth years.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

29.6 Earth years

Question 5

× 1026 kg

Revolt · Accepted Answer

5.65

Question 6

Which statement best describes the moon’s motion around the Earth?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The moon completes one spin on its axis in the same time it moves around Earth.

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