Earth/Space Weekly Quiz 3

Which Astronomer was the first to suggest that the Earth revolved around the Sun?

• Copernicus

• Brahe

• Aristarchus

• Aristotle

What does a geo-centric solar system look like?

• Celestial bodies revolving around the Earth

• Celestial bodies revolving around the Sun

• An even distribution of planets

• Random movements of the planets

Kepler states in his laws of planetary motion that orbits are _____________.

• uniform

• random

• circular

• elliptical

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

What is the first step to our Solar System forming

• formation of our Suns Protostar

• gravitational collapse of the planetary nebula

• accretion of planetary bodies

• the discovery of Keppler's Laws

What caused the protoplanetary disk to flatten?

• accretion of materials

• increase in temperature

• collision of particles

• cooling of the outer disk

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

What happened to the leftover material of the planetary disk that was NOT used for the formation of the Sun?

• became a part of the Sun

• was destroyed due to high temperature

• became planetesimals

• got pushed to other solar systems

What types of materials are found in terrestrial planets?

• rocks/metals

• ice/methane

• rocks/methane

• ice/metals

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Why are Jovian planets made up of volatile compounds?

• cooler temperatures on outer regions of the disk

• higher levels of accretion

• more materials were present in that section of the solar system

• terrestrial planets took all other materials

Where do we see a formal separation of terrestrial and jovian planets

• they are mixed in with each other

• on the outer regions of the disk

• at the Sun

• the frost line

Define: Many smaller objects or materials collected into just a few large ones

• jovian

• conservation of motion

• accretion

• terrestrial