Jeopardy
Circles Gravity Tides Kepler Random
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from H1
The centrifugal force of circular motion is this kind of force.
$100 Answer from H1
A Fictitious force
$200 Question from H1
The centripetal force in uniform circular motion is directed toward this.
$200 Answer from H1
The center of rotation
$300 Question from H1
The tangential velocity in uniform circular motion is related to The period of rotation and distance From the center of rotation in this way.
$300 Answer from H1
V=2*pi*r/T
$400 Question from H1
You attach a ball to a string and, holding the string, you spin the ball n a circle over your head, in terms of uniform circular motion, the tension on the string is this.
$400 Answer from H1
The centripetal force
$500 Question from H1
Centripetal acceleration and tangential velocity are related in this way.
$500 Answer from H1
a=v^2/r
$100 Question from H2
This law describes the relationship between gravity and distance.
$100 Answer from H2
The Inverse Square Law
$200 Question from H2
G, universal gravitation, is dependent on _____.
$200 Answer from H2
Nothing
$300 Question from H2
The force of gravity between the earth and the sun is this. Mass of earth = 5.97 E24 kg Mass of sun = 1.99 E30 kg Distance from earth to sun = 1.5 E11 m
$300 Answer from H2
3.5 E22 N
$400 Question from H2
The value of g at the Earth’s surface is 9.8 m/s^2. The value of g at a distance twice the earth’s radius from the earth is this.
$400 Answer from H2
9.8/4 m/s^2
$500 Question from H2
This is the change in the force of gravity between two planets when the distance between them is decreased by a factor of 5.
$500 Answer from H2
The force of gravity decreases by a factor of 25.
$100 Question from H3
It is high tide in florida. The moon must be in one of these two positions.
$100 Answer from H3
Directly above Florida or on the other side of the world from Florida.
$200 Question from H3
It is low tide in Florida. The moon must be in one of these two positions.
$200 Answer from H3
At 90º or -90º laterally from florida.
$300 Question from H3
This force explains why high tide occurs at the opposite side of the earth from the moon.
$300 Answer from H3
Centrifugal force
$400 Question from H3
When measuring water levels in the ocean you are likely to see this type of function with respect to time.
$400 Answer from H3
Sinusoidal
$500 Question from H3
The highest tide in the world occurs in this country.
$500 Answer from H3
Canada
$100 Question from H4
Kepler observed that the orbits of planets around the sun take this shape.
$100 Answer from H4
Elliptical
$200 Question from H4
When a planet orbits the sun, the sun is at this location.
$200 Answer from H4
A focus of the ellipse
$300 Question from H4
For all planets this proportion, involving the semi major axis of orbit and orbital period is constant.
$300 Answer from H4
r^3/T^2
$400 Question from H4
Speed of a planet orbiting the sun is dependent only on these
$400 Answer from H4
The distance from the sun and the sun’s mass.
$500 Question from H4
This is the distance from the earth to the moon. Mass of earth – 5.97 E24 kg
$500 Answer from H4
Orbital period = 28 days =2419200s r=3.89 E8m
$100 Question from H5
Kepler’s second law is this
$100 Answer from H5
The imaginary line from a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal times.
$200 Question from H5
Black holes form when this happens
$200 Answer from H5
Stars become so big that their gravitational pull becomes so strong that not even light can escape
$300 Question from H5
The horizontal speed a rocket needs to begin orbiting around the earth is this.
$300 Answer from H5
8m/s
$400 Question from H5
1AU is this
$400 Answer from H5
The distance from the earth to the sun 1.5 E11 meters
$500 Question from H5
Physics is this
$500 Answer from H5
Awesome
Final Jeopardy
This author wrote, “If one man kills another, it murder, but if a hundred thousand men kill another hundred thousand, it is considered an act of glory!?”
Final Jeopardy Answer
Who is Tolstoy? (The book is Kingdom of God)
