30.1 - Planetary Motion (20pts.)
Authored by Spenser Chakerian
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9th - 12th Grade
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1.
MATH RESPONSE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
If Earth is (1 AU = 150,000,000 km) and Venus is 0.71 AU from the Sun, what is the distance from EARTH to VENUS in kilometers?
Mathematical Equivalence
ON
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2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is an extrasolar planet?
It is a piece of an asteroid belt.
It is a comet captured in the gravitational pull of a star.
It is a planet orbiting a star other than the Sun.
It is a star orbiting another planet.
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3.
CATEGORIZE QUESTION
3 mins • 4 pts
Organize these people with their contribution to Astronomy
Groups:
(a) Geocentric Model
,
(b) Heliocentric model
,
(c) Evidence for Heliocentric
,
(d) Laws of Planetary motion
Ptolemy
Galileo
Kepler
Copernicus
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4.
DROPDOWN QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Kepler's (a) Law states that because the Sun has such tremendous gravitational pull, Planets and Comets (b) when they get closer and (c) as they get further. Kepler's (d) law mathematically relates a planet's (e) and its orbital period.
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5.
MATH RESPONSE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
If a planet is 15.0 AU away from the Sun, what is its period in years?
(T2 = R3 )
[round to the nearest tenth]
Mathematical Equivalence
ON
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6.
DROPDOWN QUESTION
1 min • 4 pts
The solar system formed out of a (a) of gas and dust. That nebula, started forming about (b) billion years ago. As the nebula contracted, it's speed (c) . (d) started to occur, and that is the beginning of our star: the Sun.
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7.
HOTSPOT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Where is the sun in this heliocentric model?
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