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Vocab Unit 3 Solar system
Is there a planet bigger than Jupiter?
What do Kepler's laws explain
Vocab Unit 3 Solar system
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What do Kepler's laws explain
each planet moves in an elliptical orbit with its star as 1 focus
Speed is constantly changing during orbit
all of the above
a line joining a planet and the sun sweeps out equal areas
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Is there a planet bigger than Jupiter?
Yes
No
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what planet am I?
saturn
other
jupiter
neptune
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what is a nebula?
is a star
has a shape
is a cloud of gas and dust
a new car
5
Who noticed retrograde motion?
Ptolemy
Brahe
Copernicus
Galileo
6
Why do we get taller with no gravity
We dont
We feel it
Nothing is pushing us down
unknown
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what did isaac newton discover?
eletricity
telescope
tv
laws of gravity
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Which planet has a retrograde motion?
Jupiter
Earth
Mercury
Venus
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Are nebulae two or more nebula
probably not
Yes
Probably
No
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How many planets are in our solar system?
1
6
5
8
11
How old is the solar system
25.7 trillion years
5 years
4.6 billion years
23. 7 billoin years
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who discovered gravity
isaac newton
albert einstein
donald trump
stephen hawking
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what is retrograde
23 sols
fast movement
motion of a planet opposite to that of other bodies
old grades
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What planet is this?
Venus
Jupiter
Mars
Neptune
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What planet is this?
Saturn
Jupiter
Neptune
Uranus
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GOOGLE MAP USE ONE SATELITE TO TAKE PHOTOS
False
True
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Retrograde motion occurs when
white light is bent by the Earth's atmosphere
a planet closer to the sun passes one farther away
a planet moves backwards in its orbit
young people wear old peoples' cool clothes
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What is retrograde motion?
Old fashioned motion
Backward loops of Planets
Helical motion
Below grade motion
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How long does it take to orbit the sun?
1hour
100 years
1 minute
1 year
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Isaac Newton synthesized ______.
the pulls of the Moon and the Earth.
the extent to which gravity extends in the universe.
terrestrial and cosmic laws.
the pulls of the planets on one another.
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Can you see gravity?
if i have sun glasses !
NO
Yes
what is gravity
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A nebula is
a cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionised gases
another way of describing a Gas Giant
I don't know
a large galaxy
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How did our solar system form?
Formed by a really dense cloud of gas and dust.
By magic
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Are comets considered part of our solar system?
No
Yes
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Pluto is a planet
False
True
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What is an ExoPlanet?
A planet out of the solar system
A asteroid in the Kupiter Belt
A planet in the solar system
A moon that is part of an asteroid
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How do you spell satelite
Satelite
Setellite
Setelite
Satellite
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What is Mercury's Orbit Period?
56 Days
93 Days
88 Days
103 Days
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What is Eccentricity?
the shape of earths orbit around the sun
the slow wobble as earth spins on its axis
the axial tilt of the earth in relation to earths plane of orbit
a record of life forms and geological events in earths history
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The solar system is located in the...
Stars
The Moon
Earth
Milky Way
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All of the following are part of the solar system except...
Earth
the stars
the Moon
the Sun
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Keplers Third Law states that planets
travel in ellipses
are circular
take longer to travel around the sun if they're farther out
move faster when close to the sun
