Module 5 Review

Mrs. Adams designed a model to show the steps in the Nebular theory of formation of planetary systems. Which of these diagrams best represents the first step of model for the Nebular theory?

• cloud condensing due to gravity

• rotation of cloud gas and dust

• formation of a planet

• fusion of gas and dust at the center to form the sun

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Considering Kepler's Laws, which planet has the fastest average orbital speed?

Jupiter with 11.86 Earth years or

Venus with 0.62 Earth years

• Jupiter

• Venus

The diagram below shows four planets and their distances from the sun.

Light from the sun reaches Earth in 8.3 minutes. In how many minutes does light from the sun reach Venus?

• 3.24 minutes

• 4.25 minutes

• 5.98 minutes

• 7.58 minutes

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What was Ptolmey's model of the solar system?

• geocentric- earth centered

• heliocentric- sun centered

Galileo and Newton both studied the night sky. Galileo studied Jupiter and its moons. Newton studied the gravitational force that held the planets in orbit. Which of these statements best explains why the two scientists proposed different theories about the solar system?

• Both scientists had different interests.

• Both scientists lacked scientific evidence.

• They wanted to be the first to discover new planets.

• They wanted to contradict each other's theories.

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Which of these models of the solar system first proved that the sun is at the center of the solar system?

• Ptolemy's geocentric model

• Brahe view of the solar system

• Kepler view of the solar system

• Copernicus' heliocentric model

Earth's magnetic field

• does not affect solar winds

• is not affected by solar winds

• protects Earth from radiation

• creates gravitational forces

When a spacecraft travels towards Earth, the gravitational force acting on it

• increases

• decreases

• increases first and then decreases

• decreases first and then increases

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The diagram below shows four objects in the solar system which have equal masses.

Which of these pairs of objects exerts the least gravitational force on each other?

• Object 1 and Object 3

• Object 4 and Object 3

• Object 1 and Object 2

• Object 4 and Object 2

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Which of these statements is correct about Newton's third law of motion?

• F=MA

• It describes the relationship between action and reaction forces.

• Objects at rest will stay at rest, and objects in motion will stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force.

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