Astronomy - Solar System - Final Review

Which is NOT one of our reasons for exploring/studying the solar system?

• search for extra terrestrials

• colonizing other places in the solar system

• learning about and preventing dangers from space

• learning how the solar system formed

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When planning a mission to Mars - It's overall success most depends on which of the following:

• Power Budget

• Mass Budget

• Science Return

• Funding Budget

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Ptolemy's model of the solar system (universe)

• had the Earth at it's center.

• lasted over 1500 years.

• was proven incorrect by Galileo and Kepler.

• All are true.

The Copernican model of the solar system (universe)

• was immediately accepted.

• made Copernicus very famous.

• had planets orbiting the Sun in perfect circles.

• still placed the Earth in the center.

Galileo's discovery of Venus' phases was his most important discovery of that era because

• people thought that Venus was a star.

• it proved that Venus revolved around the Sun, not the Earth.

• it supported the Geocentric model of the universe.

• you can't fool me, Kepler discovered the phases of Venus!

What causes retrograde motion of the planets?

• The retrograde planet passes the Earth as it orbits the Sun.

• When a planet speeds up at perihelion it retrogrades.

• Planets slow down at aphelion & appear to move backwards.

• As Earth passes a planet it appears to move backwards.

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Which statement regarding Kepler's Laws and Newton's Laws is NOT true?

• Planets move at a constant speed around the Sun due to gravity

• Planets speed up & slow down as they revolve around the Sun

• Planets farther from the Sun take longer to revolve due to gravity

• Planets move faster when closer to the Sun due to gravity

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Kepler's first law of ellipses states that

• orbits of planets are very eccentric (elliptical).

• orbits of planets are equally spaced apart.

• orbits of planets are circular, but close to being ellipses.

• orbits of planets are ellipses, but close to being circular.

Twin rovers on Mars that had a unique entry, descent, and landing process

• Cassini and Huygens

• Spirit and Opportunity

• ISS and Space Shuttle

• Curiosity and Insight

This orbiter is the result of a cooperative effort on behalf of several nations to study Earth

• Hubble Space Telescope

• Space Shuttle

• International Space Station

• New Horizons