Formation and Motion of Galaxies Review

The data table provides information on the distance and period of orbit for the inner planets.. Baised on the data, we can predict that the period of Mars' orbit will be ---

• Less than 88 days

• between 88 and 222.6 days

• greater than 365.2 days

• exactly two times 224.6 days

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Gravity is responsible for which of the following characteristics of a galaxy?

• The motion of the objects within it

• The size of its largest stars

• Its location within the universe

• The color of light it emits

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Which of the following best describes the formation of the solar system?

• The sun ejected rocky material which later went on to form the planets.

• A rotating disk of gas and dust was drawn together by the force of gravity.

• One very large planetary body broke apart into several smaller planets

• Several stars of different masses cooled and formed the planets and the sun

Earth and its solar system are part of which of the following galaxies?

• Andromeda

• Black Eye

• Milky Way

• Cartwheel

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Describe the role of gravity in the solar system and the Milky Way galaxy.

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What components does the solar system appear to have formed from?

Describe the motion of the galaxy.

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How did Edwin Hubble change our understanding of the universe?

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