Introduction to the solar system

The object which includes the sun and all natural objects is the ________.

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The idea that the entire universe revolves with earth as its center is the ____________ theory

The scientist who proposed the idea of the solar system - that is, that the earth and all the planets revolve around the sun - was ________

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Ptolemy

• Aristarchus

• Galileo

The idea that the earth and all the planets revolve around the sun is called the _______________ theory.

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Based on the image on page 303, sketch what the "geocentric" model would have looked like. Color earth blue and the sun yellow.

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__________ built one of the first telescopes and discovered the phases of several planets, including Venus.

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Ptolemy

• Aristarchus

• Galileo

The symmetrical ovals which describe the "shape" of the orbit of planets around the sun are called _____________

"Every planet orbits the sun in an ellipse..." This is Keplers ________ law of planetary motion.

• First

• Second

• Third

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"As a planet moves closer to the sun, it travels faster. As it moves farther away, it slows down." This is Kepler's _________ law of planetary motion.

• First

• Second

• Third

"The farther a planet's average distance from the sun, the longer it takes to complete its orbit." This is Kepler's ___________ law of planetary motion.

• First

• Second

• Third

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