BJU Earth Science Chapter 23 Review

Using the bar graph which compare the planetary masses of Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn, which bar corresponds to Earth?

The planets of the solar system in order from sun are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune

A comet's tail points toward the sun due to the sun's gravity pulling it.

The scientific name for a shooting star is a(n) ___________. (fill-in-the-blank)

What early assumption of the heliocentric theory caused inaccuracies in many of its calculations?

Astronomers are able to see asteroids from the ground through a telescope.

Planetary models were greatly improved by precise and accurate observations of ____________. (fill-in-the-blank)

Match the name with the following clue: proposed deferents and epicycles.

An observer on Mercury could possibly observe Earth in a transit of the sun.

Pluto's orbit comes inside Jupiter's orbit around the sun at certain times of its year.

The asteroid belt lies between the orbits of _____________.

Which of the following contributes to the high surface temperatures on Mercury?

Jovian planets are sometimes called "gas giants."

Only inferior planets are observed to pass in front of the sun, an event known as a(n) _______. (fill-in-the-blank)

Which of the following are small solar system bodies?

Match the name with the following clue: introduced a heliocentric model.

Describe terrestrial planets. (short answer; need to know detail)

The collection of small solar system bodies that lie beyond Neptune's orbit is called the ________. (fill-in-the-blank)

All of the planets that are beyond Earth's orbit are called ________ planets. (fill-in-the-blank)

Match the name with the following clue: applied gravity to planetary movement.

Certain Christian philosophers in the Middle Ages argued that the Ptolemaic model agreed with the Bible because ........

Which of the following is an optical illusion?

Match the name with the following clue: formulated three laws of planetary motion.

Saturn and other gas giants are classified as _________ planets. (fill-in-the-blank)

Because of its distance from the sun, the fastest-revolving planet is _______.

The most unusual feature of Uranus compared with the other planets is its ___________. (fill-in-the-blank)

The geocentric theory was useful because it .......

Which part of the IAU definition of a planet did Pluto and the other dwarf planets not satisfy?

Philosophical shift in importance of humans in universe that followed heliocentric theory called __. (fill-in-the-blank)

Most meteors burn completely before reaching Earth's surface.

Which of the following is not a distinctive feature of Saturn?

Which of the following are in the correct order of possible occurence?

Match the name with the following clue: predicted a comet later named in his honor.

Which of the following pairs of terms applies to the planet Mars?

Explain retrograde motion. (short answer; need to know details)

Which of the following is not a characteristic of all known planets?

Using the bar graph which compares the planetary masses of Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn, which bar corresponds to Jupiter?

Match the name with the following clue: discovered Venus has phases like moon, convinced to replace geocentric model.

Copernicus believed Ptolemaic system was too _______ to represent actual arrangement of the heavens. (fill-in-the-blank)

Astronomers designate comets that appear two or more times as ________ comets. (fill-in-the-blank)

Copernican theory critics more concerned about moving humans from center of universe than fixing model of solar system

The New Horizons mission to Pluto and beyond is to provide evidence for secular theories of the solar system's origins.

Why do we call some comets periodic comets? (short answer; need to know details)

In 2006, Pluto changed so dramatically that astronomers could no longer call it a planet.