Solar System Quiz 1

The law of universal gravitation is credited to whom?

• Einstein
• Galileo
• Darwin
• Newton

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Two factors effecting the magnitude of the force of gravity between 2 objects are...

• mass and distance 
• mass and matter
• distance and weight 
• weight and mass

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Where would you have to travel to reduce your weight but not lose any mass?

• The moon
• The Sun
• Jupiter
• Saturn

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What model is where the earth is in the middle of our universe?

• Heliocentric Model
• Geocentric Model
• Moon phases
• Tidal Phases

As mass increases, gravity ________________.

• Increases 
• Decreases 
• Stays the same 

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As distance increases, gravity __________________.

• Increases 
• Decreases 
• Stays the same 

What Model is where the sun is the center of the universe?

• Geocentric
• Heliocentric
• Earth's rotations
• Earth's planets

What is the order of the planets?

• Mercury, Mars, Earth, Venus, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Venus, Mercury, Mars, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter, Uranus

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Who found out at that the orbit of each planet is an ellipse?

• Kepler

• Keperer

• Kepingston

• Manchester

The Sun is a

• Sun

• Meteor

• Star

• Planet