Astronomy

Kepler's first law dismissed the Aristotelian idea of the heavens moving in perfect circles.

• True

• False

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Kepler's second law states that a planet will sweep out equal areas in equal intervals of time.

• True

• False

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Kepler's second law also states that a planet will speed up or slow down in its orbit.

• True

• False

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Kepler's third law states that the square of a planet’s orbital period equals one A.U. cubed or

• P³ = a².

• P² = a³.

• A.U. = astronomical unit.

• P³ = a³.

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Kepler's third law also predicts the

• shape of the ellipse or orbit.

• time it takes to reach an orbiting object.

• different ways in which orbiting objects affect each other.

• orbital time period of an object orbiting another object.

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Why did Galileo receive so much criticism for his published observations & studies?

• the observations made were crude due to technological limits

• his data was not accurate

• the findings were published in Latin & no one could read it

• his findings went against the strict church teachings

What happened to Galileo after he published his findings in 1633?

• not much

• he was placed under house arrest

• he made a fortune and retired back to Pisa, Italy

• he was tried by the Inquisition and found guilty of heresy

Newton - using his three laws of motion & the law of gravity - figured out

• how to use calculus to calculate distances.

• how far away the nearest star was.

• how & why the planets moved according to Kepler's laws.

• a great many things including what light is.

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Name the moon phase

• waning crescent

• waxing crescent

• waning gibbous

• waxing gibbous

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Which moon phase is shown in this diagram?

• new moon

• first quarter

• full moon

• last quarter/3rd quarter

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