The Solar System
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9th - 12th Grade
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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What can be thought of as "all the stuff held sway by the Sun’s gravity"? Options: the Milky Way Galaxy, our local group, the Solar System, the inner planets
Back
the Solar System
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What percentage of the mass of the entire solar system is due to the Sun?
Back
98%
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
After the Sun, what is the next most massive object in the Solar System? Options: the Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus
Back
Jupiter
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Which ancient culture knew the Earth was a sphere, and had even measured its size? Options: ancient Greeks, ancient Romans, ancient Egyptians, ancient Mayans
Back
ancient Greeks
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
In 1543, who published their work proposing a Sun-centered model of the universe?
Back
Copernicus
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Who's astronomical observations were an essential contribution to Kepler's model?
Back
Tycho Brahe
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Who realized the planets moved around the Sun in ellipses, not circles?
Back
Johannes Kepler
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