3 ch 2 and 27 vocab quiz

What is a planet that orbits a star outside of our solar system called?

• Exoplanet

• Terrestrial planet

• Gas giant

• Dwarf Planet

What is the backward motion of planets called?

• Geocentric

• Epicycles

• Retrograde motion

• Heliocentric

What is the boundary separating the crust and mantle called?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Mohorovicic Discontinuity

• Core

What is the region between the Earth's Lithosphere and mesosphere/mantle called?

• Crust

• Asthenosphere

• Plasticity

• Mesosphere

What is the magnetic field surrounding the Earth called?

• Magnetosphere

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

What is the law that states energy can not be created or destroyed.

• 1st law of thermodynamics

• 2nd law of thermodynamics

• Convection

• Solar System

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What is the process of heat transfer through fluid movement called?

• 1st law of thermodynamics

• 2nd law of thermodynamics

• Convection

• Solar System

What is the name of our model for the planetary system with the sun in the center?

• Geocentric

• Epicycles

• Retrograde motion

• Heliocentric

What is the name of the theory that states the Earth is at the center of the universe?

• Geocentric

• Epicycles

• Retrograde motion

• Heliocentric

What is the name of the small circles within the orbits of planets proposed by Ptolemy?

• Geocentric

• Epicycles

• Retrograde motion

• Heliocentric