Unit 3 Astronomy Regents Earth Science

What DECREASES eccentricity?

• A decrease in the distance between the foci

• An increase in the distance between the foci

What INCREASES as the distance between a planet and the sun DECREASES?

• Gravitational Attraction

• Mass

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

What is Earth's eccentricity?

• 0.206

• 0.017

• 0.093

• 0.007

What is the relationship of a planet's distance from the sun and the Sun's gravitational attraction to the planet?

• As the distance increases, the gravitational attraction increases

• As the distance increases, the gravitational attraction decreases

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

What is the relationship between a planet's distance from the sun and the velocity of that planet around the sun?

• As the distance increases, the velocity decreases

• As the distance increases, the velocity increases

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

[Select all that apply] What are characteristics that are TRUE about terrestrial planets?

• High density

• Low period of revolution

• Closer to the sun

• Eccentricity of one

[Select all that apply] What are characteristics that are true about Jovian planets?

• High mass

• Low period of rotation

• High density

• Close to the sun

Which two factors caused Earth to have different layers?

• Density

• Distance from the moon

• Gravity

• Distance from the sun

Which planet from below has a higher density than water?

• Neptune

• Saturn

Which of the following is a rocky object that is orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter?

• Comet

• Meteor

• Crater

• Asteroid