solar system 2019

Question 1

which law describes the speed at which objects travel at different points in their orbit?

Accepted Answer

law of equal areas

Question 2

Kepler 3rd law describes the relationship of a planets avg. distance from the sun and a planets

Accepted Answer

orbital period

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT true of the inner planets?

Accepted Answer

they are called gas giants

Question 4

Impact craters are caused by

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collisions with objects in space

Question 5

A rotating cloud of gas and dust from which Earth's solar system formed is called a

Accepted Answer

solar nebula

Question 6

About 99% of all matter contained in the solar nebula now exists in the

Accepted Answer

sun

Question 7

What is the asteroid belt?

Accepted Answer

a ring of debris that separates the inner and outer planets

Question 8

Kepler's 2nd law states that equal areas are covered in equal amounts of time as an object

Accepted Answer

orbits the sun

Question 9

The law that describes the path of a planet that orbits the sun is called the

Accepted Answer

law of ellipses

Question 10

Who proposed a heliocentric model of the solar system, in which planets revolve around the sun?

Accepted Answer

copernicus

Question 11

Meteorites can provide information about

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the composition of the solar system before planets formed

Question 12

The orbital period of a planet is...

Accepted Answer

the time it takes the planet to orbit the sun

Question 13

which of the following planets experiences a runaway greenhouse effect?

Accepted Answer

Venus

Question 14

What is a gas giant?

Accepted Answer

a large planet with a deep and massive gaseous atmosphere

Question 15

The relationship between avg. distance of a planet from the sun and a planets orbital period is

Accepted Answer

law of periods

Question 16

The asteroid belt is located between which two planets?

Accepted Answer

Mars and Jupiter

Question 17

Two inner planets most alike in size, mass, and density are

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Earth and Venus

Question 18

Eccentricity tells us the "roundness" of an ellipse. Which of Keplers laws does this fall under

Accepted Answer

First Law

Question 19

Kepler's first law states that planets orbit the sun in paths called

Accepted Answer

ellipses

Question 20

Which of the following planets has the most complex ring system?

Accepted Answer

Saturn

Question 21

Which of the following planets has seasons like Earth because of its axis tilt?

Accepted Answer

Mars

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