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The Solar System
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Nicolaus Copernicus introduced a Sun-centered model. How did this model help scientists at the time?
Scientists were able to accurately measure the Sun’s gravitational field.
Scientists were able to explain solar flares
Scientists were able to discover planets outside the solar system.
Scientists were able to explain the motion of planets more accurately.
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Beyond Neptune lies a doughnut-shaped ring of icy objects called the…
Halo
Asteroid belt
Oort Cloud
Kuiper Belt
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He discovered the moons of Jupiter…
Ptolemy
Galeleo
Kepler
Tycho Brahe
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At the very edge of our galaxy is a spherical region of icy objects know as the…
Oort Cloud
Asteroid belt
Kuiper Belt
Halo
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He took detailed notes of the night’s sky. He also had his nose cut off in a duel.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Johannes Kepler
Carl Sagan
Tychno Brahe
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The closest planet to the Sun is…
Earth
Venus
Mars
Mercury
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The largest volcanic crater is found on which planet?
Jupiter
Mars
Pluto
Earth
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The branch of science which deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole is called…
Astrology
Astronomy
Philosophy
Spaceology
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This planet spins on its side?
Earth
Uranus
Mars
Jupiter
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Gravity is responsible for the…
The rotation of a planet on its axis
Orbits of teh planets around the Sun
The tilt of Earth’s axis.
The phases of the Moon
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An object composed mainly of ice is orbiting the Sun in an elliptical path. This object is most likely…
A planet
A meteor
An asteroid
A comet.
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The “sister planet” of Earth is…
Jupiter
Mars
Pluto
Venus
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What is at the center of our solar system?
A large Gas Planet
A star composed on hydrogen and helium
A medium sized planet with an atmosphere
A black hole that was once a star
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The inner, rocky planets are called…
Rocksters
Core Planets
Jovian planets
Terrestrial Planets
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The outer planets of the Solar System are…
Liquid planets
Gas Giants
Rocky Planets
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He discovered that the planetary orbits were elliptical and not circular…
Kepler
Copernicus
Newton
Ptolemy
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The third planet from the Sun is…
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
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Of which galaxy are we a part?
Sagittarius
Andromeda
Milky Way
Orion
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Which of these revolves around a planet?
A star
an asteroid
a comet
A moon
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The point in a planets orbit where it comes closest to the Sun.
Orbital
Perihelion
Elliptic
Aphelion
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The largest planet in our Solar System is…
Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
Neptune
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The diameter of Saturn is almost ten times that of the Earth, yet its density is much less. Why is this?
Saturn is farther from the Sun
Saturn has a ring around its center.
Saturn has a shorter period of rotation
Saturn is a gaseous planet
