Sun's Movement, Heliocentric Theory, Newton's Laws

What is responsible for the changing of Earth's seasons?

• Earth's orbit

• Earth's tilt

• Earth's rotation

• Earth's revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What causes apparent retrograde motion?

• It is always caused by actual retrograde motion

• Changes in a planet's orbit due to an outside force

• Other planets move at a different distance and speed around the Sun than the Earth

• Planets that are closer to the Sun move more slowly

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

What is your zenith view?

• View of your latitude at that time

• view of your longitude at that time

• View directly above you at that time

• View of your night sky

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which of the following is true about the Sun's movements?

• The sun does not rotate

• The sun does not orbit anything

• The sun moves in retrograde

• Parts of the sun rotate at different speeds

Which of the following is true when the Sun's angle is at its highest in the Northern Hemisphere?

• It's wintertime

• The days are shorter

• The Sun is highest in the sky

• The Sun is lowest in the sky

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Why is it warmer near the equator?

• Sun's rays are more concentrated over a small area

• Sun's rays are less concentrated over a large area

• Earth spins faster near the equator

• Sun's rays are more concentrated near the equator, and Earth spins faster near the equator

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

If using due North as the reference point, what is the azimuth of due East?

• 0 degrees

• 90 degrees

• 180 degrees

• 270 degrees

Which of the following was the main reason(s) Copernicus's theories could not predict planetary positions?

• He believed the Sun revolved around the Earth, even though the other planets revolve around the Sun

• He had the wrong angle measurement for Earth's tilt

• He believed in circular orbits

• All of these

How did Galileo prove that planets were orbiting the Sun?

• He asked Kepler to define the orbits

• He built off of Copernicus's theory of circular orbits

• He saw the phases of Venus

• He saw an equinox

Which of Kepler's laws describes how a planet's orbital speed increases with the radius of the orbit?

• First law

• Second law

• Third law

• Fourth law

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4