Astronomy vocabulary

Kepler's first law states that the orbits of the planets are in the shape of a/an...

• perfect circle

• ellipse

• spiral

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The tendency of a moving object to stay in a straight line or a stationary object to remain in place is called

• Orbit

• Gravity

• Ellipses

• Inertia

An astronomer, mathmetician, and geographer known for his geocentric model of the universe

• Ptolemy

• Galileo

• Kepler

• Copernicus

Irregular luminous band of stars and gas clouds that stretch across the sky seen from earth is called

• Asteroid

• Milky way

• Orbit

• Eclipse

What is a celestial object that is bigger than a dwarf planet or asteroid and revolves around a star without giving off its own light called?

• Meteorite

• Constellation

• Universe

• Planet

What theory states that the sun is the center of the solar system?

• Heliocentric

• Geocentric

• Big Bang

• Scientific

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The attraction of one mass to another is defined as

• Orbit

• Relative size

• Gravity

• Planetary motion

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A regular repeating path that one object in space takes around another is considered to be a/an

• Orbit

• Ellipse

• Planetary motion

• Atmospheric feature

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Check each answer that is considered an Atmospheric feature.

• Wind fronts

• Polar lows

• Mountains

• Volcanoes

• Hurricanes/typhoons

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The amount of distance between two planets in relation to one another and the sun

• relative size

• relative motion

• relative distance

• solar space

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