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Astronomy, Seasons, Gravity, and Astronmers
Astronomy, Seasons, Gravity, and Astronmers
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He was famous for the discovery of Gravity
Newton
Galileo
Hubble
Kepler
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Which motion causes day and night?
Solstice
Revolution of the earth
Rotation of the earth
Equinox
3
What is the imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and South poles?
orbit
equinox
solstice
axis
4
Earth moves through space in two major ways
rotation and revolution
axis and orbit
solstice and equinox
north and south
5
Which season begins with the fewest hours of daylight?
Spring
Winter
Summer
fall
6
Which will provide us with the shortest and longest days of the year?
Solstice
Equinox
7
The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space is called
biology
astronomy
chemistry
science
8
Gravity depends on what two factors?
Mass and Density
Mass and Distance
Weight and Density
Weight and Distance
9
Which position represents summer on the diagram below?
D
B
C
A
10
He stated the planets traveled around the sun in perfect circles
Aristole
Hubble
Kepler
Copernicus
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Which of the following is not a Law of Planetary Motion
Planets move faster when they are closer to the sun
Distance from the sun affects the time to orbit the sun
All planets travel in the same direction
Planets orbit in an elliptical shape
12
What is the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion?
mass
inertia
gravity
buoyancy
13
Equinox means
equal night and day
calendar
equal night
solstice
14
An orbit is the __________ a planet takes when it _____________ around the sun.
path, journeys
path, travels
path, revolves
path, rotates
15
Anything that has mass and takes up space is
matter
weight
compounds
elements
16
What is the amount of matter in an object?
mass
force
gravity
weight
17
The Earth revolves around the sun in a
one week
a day
24 hours
a year
18
What two factors act together to keep Earth in orbit around the sun?
sun and the moon
mass and weight
gravity only
force (called inertia) and gravity
19
The tilt of the Earth's axis as it revolves around the sun cause?
day
night
seasons
sunlight
20
He created the 3 Laws of Planetary Motion
Galileo
Copernicus
Kepler
Newton