Unit 6: Astronomy Review

This person was the first to use a telescope to make observations in the sky: 

• Aristotle
• Ptolemy
• Copernicus
• Galileo

This image shows the:

• Geocentric Solar System
• Heliocentric Solar System

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The strength of gravity between two objects depends on two factors: 

• mass and distance between the objects
• mass and matter
• distance between the objects and weight 
• weight and mass

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A model of the solar system in which Earth and the other planets revolve around the SUN.

• Heliocentric Solar System
• Geocentric Solar System 

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What does "helios" mean?

• Earth
• center of
• Sun
• moon

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This person discovered moons on Jupiter, which helped to support the heliocentric theory...

• Aristotle
• Copernicus
• Ptolemy
• Galileo

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The path that a body follows as it travels around another body. 

• Solar System
• Prominence
• Orbit
• Geocentric

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A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses. 

• Solar Flare
• Orbit
• Gravity
• Centripetal Force

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Because of inertia, a resting object will remain at ________.

• rest
• a constant speed
• school
• inertia 

Your mass increases on a large planet with more gravity.

• True
• False