Topic 11

Definition of Orbit

• The movement of one or more object around another.

• The spinning of Earth on its axis.

• Imaginary line that passes from the North Pole, through Earth's center, to the South Pole.

• The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space.

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Definition of Heliocentric

• Is a cold mixture of dust and ice that develops a long trail of light as it approaches the sun.

• A pattern or group of stars that people imagine represents a figure, animal, or object.

• Model of the solar system in which all the planets and Sun revolve around the Earth.

• Model of the solar system in which Earth and all the other planets revolve around the Sun.

Definition of Star

• A body that orbits a planet.

• A giant ball of superheated gas, or plasma, composed of hydrogen and helium.

• A object that orbits the sun, is large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity, and has cleared the area of its orbit of any debris.

• A streak of light produced when a small piece of rock or ice burns up as it enters Earth's atmosphere.

Definition of Comet

• Is a cold mixture of dust and ice that develops a long trail of light as it approaches the sun.

• A pattern or group of stars that people imagine represents a figure, animal, or object.

• Model of the solar system that revolves around the Earth.

• A streak of light produced when a small piece of rock or ice burns up as it enters Earth's atmosphere.

Definition of Geocentric

• Is a cold mixture of dust and ice that develops a long trail of light as it approaches the sun.

• A pattern or group of stars that people imagine represents a figure, animal, or object.

• Model of the solar system in which all the planets and Sun revolve around the Earth.

• Model of the solar system in which Earth and all the other planets revolve around the Sun.

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Definition of Gravity

• The movement of one or more object around another.

• The force that attracts all objects toward the center of the planet

• The tendency of an object resist a change in motion.

• The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space.

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Definition of Inertia

• The movement of one or more object around another.

• The force that attracts all objects toward the center of the planet

• The tendency of an object resist a change in motion.

• The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space.

A constellation is a group of visible ____ that form a pattern when viewed from Earth.  

• planets

• stars

• patterns

• creatures

As the earth rotates on its axis, the constellations and stars in them appear to _________.  

• move across the sky

• stand still in the sky

• move around each other

• rotate

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What is the heliocentric theory?

• The model where the Earth revolves around the Sun.

• The model where the Sun revolves around the Earth.

• The model where no celestial bodies move.

• The model where neither the Sun nor Earth revolve around each other.

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