Astronomy Quiz 2

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Astronomy Quiz 2

Planets travel in an ellipse around the sun. *

Kepler’s 1st Law

Kepler’s 3rd Law

Kepler’s 2nd Law

A smaller chunk of rock that is floating around in space. *

Comet

Meteorite

Meteor

Meteoroid

Asteroid

4th planet away from the sun. *

Mercury,

Uranus,

Venus,

Mars,

Earth,

Neptune,

Saturn,

Jupiter,

This is *

Uranus,

Saturn,

Venus,

Jupiter,

Mercury,

Earth,

Mars,

Neptune,

Retrograde Motion is what? *

The motion of our moon rotating at the same rate that it revolves.

Planets appearing to move backwards relative to our view on the earth as we pass them in our planetary motion.

The motion of the planets around the sun

The motion you take back to your classroom to talk to your teacher when you'd like your grade to change after you find out how bad it is.

A chunk of rock that came from space and now sits on our planet's surface. *

Asteroid

Comet

Meteor

Meteoroid

Meteorite

A chunk of rock that is moving through our atmosphere. *

Meteorite

Asteroid

Meteoroid

Meteor

Comet

Name

Planets move cover an equal area of the ellipse while traveling an equal distance on on their path around the sun. *

Kepler’s 2nd Law

Kepler’s 1st Law

Kepler’s 3rd Law

6th planet away from the sun. *

Mars,

Uranus,

Mercury,

Venus,

Saturn,

Neptune,

Jupiter,

Earth,

This is when the moon is closest to the earth. *

Perihelion

Aphelion

Perigee

Apogee

This is *

Saturn,

Mars,

Uranus,

Jupiter,

Mercury,

Neptune,

Earth,

Venus,

8th planet away from the sun. *

Earth,

Saturn,

Neptune,

Mars,

Mercury,

Jupiter,

Uranus,

Venus,

A larger chunk of rock that is floating around in space. *

Asteroid

Comet

Meteoroid

Meteorite

Meteor

Our current model of the solar system is *

Heliocentric

Geocentric

3rd planet away from the sun. *

Venus,

Uranus,

Mars,

Saturn,

Neptune,

Earth,

Jupiter,

Mercury,

This is *

Neptune,

Earth,

Jupiter,

Uranus,

Mercury,

Venus,

Mars,

Saturn,

2nd planet away from the sun. *

Jupiter,

Uranus,

Mars,

Mercury,

Saturn,

Earth,

Venus,

Neptune,

The Martian atmosphere is mainly what gas? *

Hydrogen Gas

Water vapor

Oxygen gas

Cheese in the gas phase

Carbon dioxide gas

Nitrogen Gas

This is when the earth is furthest from the sun *

Apogee

Perihelion

Perigee

Aphelion

These are the 4 large planets that are mainly composed of gas. *

Terrestrial Planets

Jovian Planets

5th planet away from the sun. *

Earth,

Saturn,

Mercury,

Mars,

Venus,

Jupiter,

Uranus,

Neptune,

Planets that are further from the sun take longer to get around the sun. *

Kepler’s 2nd Law

Kepler’s 3rd Law

Kepler’s 1st Law

7th planet away from the sun. *

Venus,

Jupiter,

Uranus,

Neptune,

Saturn,

Earth,

Mars,

Mercury,

A large chunk of ice and rock with a tail, traveling around our solar system. *

Asteroid

Meteorite

Meteoroid

Comet

Meteor

These planets all have a rocky surface. *

Terrestrial Planets

Jovian Planets

1st planet away from the sun. *

Earth,

Uranus,

Venus,

Neptune,

Saturn,

Jupiter,

Mars,

Mercury,

What is happening to the sun’s mass over time? *

Going up

Going down

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