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Changes in the positions of Earth, the moon, and the sun affect the height of high tides during a month. 

• True
• False

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Consider a moon that orbits one of our most distant planets in an elliptical path. The distance that the moon covers each day is

• greatest when closest to the planet.
• greatest when farthest from the planet.
• the same everywhere.
• need more information 

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The orbital path of a satellite has two focal points. When both focal points are together 

• the satellite path is an ellipse.
• the satellite path is a circle.
• satellites lose speed.

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What does Kepler's 1st Law (Law of Ellipses) help explain?

• The shape of Earth's orbit

• The directly proportional relationship between Earth's distance from the sun & its orbital speed

• The area covered by Earth's sweeping orbit in equal time periods

• The order of the planets in our solar system

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Which planet would have the greatest velocity?

• Mercury
• Mars
• Jupiter
• Neptune

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Planets orbit the Sun in a shape called a(n)

• circle
• ellipse
• focus
• perihelion

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how long does the orbit take

• 86 years

• 84 months

• 84 years

• 12 years

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The point between two objects where they balance one another is called?

• Nutation

• Rotation

• Barycenter

• Precession

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The point in the earth's orbit where it is closest to the sun and moves the fastest.

• aphelion/apogee

• perihelion/perigee

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A planet moves __________ when it is farthest from the sun.

• faster
• slower

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