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Sun, Historical Models, and The Solar System

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the sun and the bodies that orbit the sun?

a)

solar flare

b)

sun spots

c)

solar system

d)

aphelion

2.

p^2=a^3

a)

Kepler's First Law

b)

Kepler's Second Law

c)

Kepler's Third Law

3.

The model where the sun is the center of the solar system.

(a)  

4.

Loop of gas into the sun's atmosphere

a)

prominence

b)

sunspot

c)

solar flare

d)

nuclear fusion

5.

The model where the Earth is the center of the universe

a)

heliocentric

b)

geocentric

6.

What two astronomers believed in the geocentric model

a)

Aristotle and Copernicus

b)

Kepler and Aristarchus

c)

Galileo and Ptolemy

d)

Aristotle and Ptolemy

7.

explosion of energy into the sun's atmosphere is

a)

solar flare

b)

parallax

c)

perhelion

d)

aphelion

8.

Where an object is farthest away from the sun

a)

perihelion

b)

aphelion

9.

What is the effect where by the position or direction of an object appears to differ when view from different positions?

a)

sunspot

b)

solar system

c)

nuclear fission

d)

parallax

10.

Who is the one astronomer in this set that doesn't believe in the heliocentric model?

a)

aristarchus

b)

copernicus

c)

kelper

d)

ptolemy

e)

galileo

11.

What is the outer most layer of the sun?

a)

radiation zone

b)

convection zone

c)

photoshpere

d)

corona

12.

What is the abbreviation for Astronomical Units

a)

AN

b)

At

c)

AM

d)

AU

13.

What is the center of the sun call?

(a)  

14.

What is the third step of nuclear fission called?

a)

Helium-3

b)

Helium-4

c)

Deuterium

15.

What object rotates faster at the equator and slower from north to south

a)

Earth

b)

Mars

c)

Sun

d)

Neptune