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WorksheetsAstronomy Review Part One
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Galaxies are __________ from where the Big Bang occurred.
Expanding
Shrinking
Not Moving
What is the center of the universe in the Geocentric model?
Mars
Neptune
The Sun
The Earth
What is the center of the universe in the heliocentric theory?
Neptune
Mars
The Sun
The Earth
Who discovered three (3) laws of planetary motion?
Galileo
Newton
Kepler
Ptolemy
What does the first law of Kepler state?
The orbits of the planets are ellipses, with the sun at one focus
The line joining the planet to the Sun sweeps out in equal areas in equal times around the ellipse
The length of time it takes a planet to orbit the sun is proportional to its distance from the sun.
What does the second law of Kepler state?
The orbits of the planets are ellipses, with the Sun at one focus.
The line joining the planet to the Sun sweeps out in equal areas in equal time as the planets travels around the ellipse
The length of time it takes a planet to orbit the sun is proportional to its distance from the Sun
What Galaxy does Earth reside in?
Andromeda Galaxy
Elliptical Galaxy
Milky Way Galaxy
Spiral Galaxy
________ is the turning or spinning of a body on its axis.
Revolution
Nutation
Barycenter
Rotation
What causes day and night on Earth?
Revolution
Nutation
Precession
Rotation
What is the term that refers to Earth when it is closest to the Sun?
Perihelion
Aphelion
Nutation
Barycenter
What term refers to when Earth is the farthest from the Sun
Nutation
Barycenter
Periherlion
Aphelion
What causes the seasons?
Earth's Rotation
Earth's Revolution
Earth's tilt
Earth doesn't have seasons
If it is Summer in the N. Hemisphere what season is occurring in the S. Hemisphere?
Fall
Winter
Summer
Spring
The point between two objects where they balance one another is called?
Nutation
Rotation
Barycenter
Precession
The third law of Kepler states?
The orbits of the planets are ellipses with the Sun at one focus
The line joining the planet to the Sun sweeps out in equal area over equal time
The closer the planet is to the Sun the faster the revolution occurs
What is the shape of Earth's orbit?
Circular
Oval
Ellipse
Diamond
