Astronomy Final Exam Practice

Which of the following is a Jovian planet?

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Earth

• Venus

The furthest object in our solar system, the maximum range of our sun's gravity, is...

• The Oort Cloud

• The Kuiper Belt

• Pluto

• Asteroid Belt

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A regular, repeating path around an object due to gravity is...

• an orbit

• a plane

• a rotation

• an ellipse

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Any object that has a repeating orbit around another object is called a...

• satellite

• meteor

• dwarf planet

• celestial pole

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The closest point between an orbiting object and it's STAR is called the

• apogee

• perihelion

• aphelion

• perigee

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The furthest point between an orbiting object and its PLANET is called the...

• perihelion

• aphelion

• apogee

• perigee

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Kepler's 1st law describes...

• orbital congruency

• orbital shape

• orbital distance

• orbital time

Kepler's 3rd law describes...

• The relationship between the orbital period and the distance from the sun for planets.
• The phases of the moon and their effects on tides.
• The gravitational pull of the moon on Earth.
• The speed of light in a vacuum.

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When matter collects over a long period of time due to gravity, it's called...

• condensation
• accretion
• evaporation
• dissipation

The force that causes an increase in pressure at the core of a star, leading to fusion is called...

• electromagnetic force
• nuclear force
• gravitational force
• frictional force

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