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Unit 8 The Solar System REVIEW
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Review of Unit 8 The solar system #unit8thesolarsystemtexassciencefusion6thgrade
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said that the planets orbited the Sun in ellipses, not circles, who was he?
Kepler
Aristotle
Galileo
Copernicus
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the only planet known to support life
the moon
Mars
Earth
Io
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the cloud from which the solar system formed is called
black hole
big bang
protostellar disk
solar nebula
4
the clockwise spin of a planet on its axis
ellipse
prograde rotation
retrograde rotation
orbit
5
meteoroid that reaches the Earth's surface without burning up
meter
meteoroid
meteor
meteorite
6
bright streak of light that results when a meteoroid burns up in the Earth's atmosphere
meteor
meter
meteoroid
meteorite
7
the average distance between the sun and Earth
astronomical unit
astronomy
light year
astronaut
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a disk of material that circles a planet made of orbiting particles is called
moon
satellite
meteroid
planetary ring
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the path that a body follows as it travels around another body in space
gravity
aphelion
orbit
perihelion
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planets that are made mostly of hydrogen and helium
astroids
gas giants
terrestrial planets
dwarf planets
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an elliptical orbit around the Sun, the point at which it is the furthest from the Sun
Kepler's Law
aphelion
perihelion
parallax
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a region of the solar system that begins just beyond the orbit of Neptune
milky way
Oort cloud
Kuiper Belt
asteroid belt
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comets that come out of the Oort cloud are known as
long period comets
meteoriods
astro comets
short period comets
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What does the word "helio" mean?
Earth
centered
Sun
moon
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a small body of ice, rock, and dust that follows a highly elliptical orbit around the sun
dwarf planet
meteorite
asteroid
comet
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elliptical orbit around the Sun, the point at which it is the closest to the Sun is called?
aphelion
perihelion
orbit
parallax
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Who developed the geocentric model of the solar system that lasted 1400 years?
Copernicus
Kepler
Galileo
Ptolemy
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Huge loops of gas that extend outward from the photosphere
prominence
solar flare
sunspot
solar activity
19
sand grain to boulder size rocky body that travels through space is called
meteoroid
meteorite
meter
meteor
20
The force of attraction between objects due to their masses and distance between them
friction
gravity
orbit
parallax
21
the Sun is located where in our solar system
inside
outside
center
edge
22
The sun is located in what Galaxy
Andromeda Galaxy
Barnard's Galaxy
Triangulum Galaxy
Milky Way Galaxy
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What are the Three (3) layers of the Sun's atmosphere?
Core, Convective zone, Radiative zone
nuclear, light, energy
daylight, night, dawn
Corona, Photosphere, Chromosphere
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a celestial body that doesn't have the mass to clear others bodies out of its orbit
Oort cloud
meteorid
Kuiper Belt
dwarf planet
25
spherical region that surrounds the solar system and extend almost half way to the nearest star
Oort cloud
Kuiper belt
asteroid belt
ellipse
26
process in which 2 low mass nuclei fuse to form a heavier nucleus
light
nuclear fission
radioactivity
nuclear fusion
27
Which scientist made improvements to the telescope observed the moons of Jupiter?
Kepler
Galileo
Coperinicus
Ptolemy
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all objects in the universe attract each other through gravitational force
centripetal force
law of motion
scientific law
law of universal gravitation
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The Sun and all of the bodies that orbit the sun is called?
heliocentric
solar system
parallax
geocentric
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the 4 small dense rocky planets
dwarf planet
terrestrial planet
gas giant
satallite
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4 moons of Jupiter Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto are known as
Galilean moons
Copernican moons
Ptolemic moons
Kepler's moons
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minor bodies in the Kuiper Belt outside the orbit of Neptune are known as
galaxies
planets
moons
Kuiper Belt Objects
33
The apparent shift in position of an object when viewed from different locations is known as?
parallax
geocentric
heliocentric
telescope
34
What does the word " centric" mean?
inside
weird
outside
centered
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inward force that causes an object to move in a circular path
law of universal gravity
friction
centripetal force
law of motion
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Geocentric means?
Earth centered
Sun centered
parallax centered
Moon centered
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an explosive release of energy that can extend outward as far as the suns outer atmosphere
nuclear fusion
prominence
sunspot
solar flare
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his was seen as the first step in the development of modern models of the solar system
Galileo
Aristotle
Copernicus
Ptolemy
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larger bodies, made from dust grains from which planets were formed are called
planetesimals
solar nebula
plasma
comets
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a dark area on the surface of the sun that is cooler than surrounding areas
convection zone
sunspot
prominence
solar flare
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the counterclockwise spin of a planet on its axis
prograde rotation
orbit
retrograde rotation
revolution
