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Earth’s ROTATION takes about 365 days
What was Kepler’s 1st law?
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What was Kepler’s 1st law?
The planets move like a round ball
Planets have the same circumference as an egg
Planets move in ellipses(Like a fat egg)
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Earth’s ROTATION takes about 365 days
True
False
3
One complete revolution of Earth around the sun takes about.....
2 yrs.
1 year
half a year
4 yrs.
4
Heliocentric is when the Sun is the center of the universe
True
False
5
Rodinia and Pangea were the two main super-continents
True
False
6
What is the Solar Nebula Theory?
13.7 billion years ago, a violent explosion occurred starting our universe
The Sun and planets formed from a giant cloud of gas and dust.
7
Scientists think the moon was formed when the a big asteroid hit Earth
True
False
8
The Great Red Spot is a huge storm on ____________________.
Jupiter
Mars
Earth
Venus
9
Brahe believed in a geocentric universe
False
True
10
Most galaxies are moving away from each other, which means the universe is expanding
False
True
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What is a solar nebula?
A giant chunck of ice in the solar system
A giant cloud
A giant asteroid
A giant meteor
12
What is the order of the planets in the solar system?
Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Mars, Uranus, Pluto
Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
13
An equinox is....
When one side of the Earth's axis is tilted towards the Sun
When both ends of Earth's axis is tilted towards the Sun
When neither end of Earth’s axis is tilted toward or away from the Sun.
14
What was Kepler’s 3rd law?
the motion of a planet covers the same amount of area in the same time.
Planets move in ellipses(Like a fat egg)
the time it takes a planet to complete one orbit around the sun.
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When the north end of the Earth’s axis is tilted toward the sun, North America will experience....
Longer days
Fall
Spring
Summer
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Is a micro-continent is a small continent
False
In between
True
17
Geocentric is when the universe is expanding
False
True
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What did Galileo contribute to or know about Astronomy?
The helliocentric model
The geocentric model
The telescope
19
What is the Big Bang Theory?
When the Earth was created with a big explosion.
13.7 billion years ago, a violent explosion occurred starting our universe
When the Earth was shot with a gun😂
20
What is a solar eclipse?
When the moon casts a shadow on Earth
When the moon casts a shadow on the moon
21
What did Newton contribute to or know about Astronomy?
The Sun
The constellations
The telescope
Gravity
22
What is Astronomy
The science that students the universe that deals with properties of object
The study of rocks
The study of the universe and space
The study of the ocean
23
What is a super continent?
When all the continents made up Earth
When all of the continent were one
24
The phase of the moon you see depends on how much of the sunlit side of the moon faces Earth.
True
False
25
How many super-continents have been found in Earth’s history?
6
2
5
7
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moon’s surface is covered with round pits called....
Pits
Craters
Holes
27
What did the Ptolemy contribute to or know about Astronomy?
The geocentric model
He created the stars
The heliocentric model
He created the constellations
28
The moon appears to be cut in half during the waning and waxing gibbous
True
False
29
What did the Ancient Greeks contribute to or know about Astronomy?
The moon was the center of the universe
The Earth revolved around the sun(Helliocentric)
The Earth was the center of the universe(Geocentric)
30
What is the Expanding Universe Theory?
The theory that the planets are expanding
The theory that the stars are expanding
The theory that the Sun is expanding
The theory that the universe is expanding
31
How many years ago was the solar system formed?
9 billion yrs ago.
365 days ago
4.6 billion yrs. ago
13. 7 billion yrs. ago
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Day and night are caused by Earth’s ____________ on its axis.
Tilt
Rotation
33
What was Kepler’s 2nd law?
The earth is round
the motion of a planet covers the same amount of area in the same time.
34
How did the moon form?
From a block of cheese
A big asteroid the size of mars smashed into Earth.
It formed during the big bang
35
What did Copernicus contribute to or know about Astronomy?
The planets
The helliocentric model
36
List the phases of the moon
full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, waning crescent, new moon
New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon
37
Earth has seasons because
Its axis is tilted as it moves around the Sun
Of the Sun's angle of the Earth
Of the Earth's rotation
