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Solar System/Kepler's Laws
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Kepler's 2nd Law of Planetary Motion says planets travel ____ at perihelion than at aphelion
at the same speed
Faster
Slower
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This is the ________ model of the Solar System
Heliocentric
Geocentric
3
How many laws of planetary motion did Kepler have?
2
1
3
4
The point where a planet is furthest from the sun is __________.
Perihelion
Aphelion
5
How many years has Mrs. Brentzel been teaching?
3
4
2
8
6
What force is responsible for accretion?
Convection
Static Electricity
Fusion
Gravity
7
Our Solar System was formed by accretion.
True
False
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The point where a planet is closest to the sun is ________.
Perihelion
Aphelion
9
Which scientist's universal law of gravity and laws of motion helped support Kepler's Laws?
Albert Einstein
Nicholas Copernicus
Tycho Brahe
Isaac Newton
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This is the ____________ model of the Solar System
Geocentric
Heliocentric
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Inner planets are _____ and outer planets are _____.
gaseous, rocky
rocky, gaseous
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What is accretion?
Molecules floating in outer space
Planets orbiting other stars
Gathering of material, eventually forming planets
Left over matter from dying stars
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Kepler's 3rd Law of Planetary Motion says the inner planets move _____ around the sun than the outer planets
Faster
Slower
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Which view of the Solar System did Kepler believe in?
Geocentric
Heliocentric
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Who came up with the laws of planetary motion?
Isaac Newton
Johannes Kepler
Tycho Brahe
Albert Einstein
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Kepler's 1st Law of Planetary Motion says the planets orbit the sun in a _____ motion.
Elliptical
Circular
