The Solar System

The Solar System

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The Solar System

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The heliocentric system gained support when Galileo observed that

One side of the moon always faces the Earth

Most of the smaller planets are closer to the sun

Venus goes through phases similar to those of Earth's moon

the orbit of each planet is an ellipse

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In a heliocentric system, Earth revolves around

Mars

the stars

the moon

the sun

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The fact that each planet's orbit is an ellipse was discovered by

Copernicus

Galileo

Kepler

Brahe

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The solar system formed from

an expanding galaxy

a giant cloud of gas and dust

an enormous explosion

a black hole

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Small asteroid-like bodies that became the building blocks for the planets are called

planetesimals

comets

meteoroids

open clusters

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The sun produces energy by

attracting it with the force of gravity

nuclear fission

burning fuels such as oil

nuclear fusion

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What layer are you looking at when you look at an image of the sun?

photosphere

chromosphere

corona

prominence

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