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Branch of Earth Science that deals with objects beyond the Earth's atmosphere.

• Meterology
• Astronomy
• Geology
• Climatology

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Where is the planet moving faster

• Position A to B
• Position B to C
• Position H to I
• Position I to J

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Name the phase of the moon for letter f

• Waning Gibbous
• Waxing Gibbous
• Waning Crescent
• Waxing Crescent

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What does the first law of Kepler state?

• The orbits of the planets are ellipses, with the sun at one focus

• The line joining the planet to the Sun sweeps out in equal areas in equal times around the ellipse

• The length of time it takes a planet to orbit the sun is proportional to its distance from the sun.

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Between the orbits of what two planets is the asteroid belt located?

• The asteroid belt is located between the orbits of Earth and Mars.

• The asteroid belt is located between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn.

• The asteroid belt is located between the orbits of Saturn and Uranus.

• The asteroid belt is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

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What must occur for an solar eclipse to occur?

• Sun-Earth-Moon in line

• Sun-Moon-Earth in line

• Earth-Sun-Moon in Line

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Neptune is 30.6 AU from the sun. How long is the year for Neptune?

• 169 Earth Years

• 180 Earth Years

• 17 Earth Years

• 140 Earth Years

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The amount of time it takes for a planet to orbit around the sun is it's _____

• axis length

• foci

• magnitude

• period

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Comets make there way around the sun in an elliptical orbit.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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When a planet orbits the Sun, one of the foci of the elliptical orbit is 

• the axis
• the perihelion
• the center
• the Sun

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