Kepler's First Law

Shape of a planet's orbit

• eclipse

• ellipse

• ecclectic

• oval

Explanation for the formation of the solar system

• Big Bang Theory

• Protoplanet Theory

• Kepler's 1st Law

• Nebular Hypothesis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Condensed, spinning gas that exists in one, flat plane

• accretion disk

• solar nebula

• protoplanet

• planetary nebula

Gas giants are ______ dense than terrestrial planets

• more

• less

All planets in this solar system orbit the Sun in the same direction.

• True

• Fasle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which planets are full of metals at their core?

• terrestrial planets

• gas giants

If an ellipse is more linear (stretched), it has an eccentricity closer to

• 0

• 1

• 10

• 100

Eccentricity is dependent on the length of its

• Minor axis

• Major axis

• Focal length

• Average planetary distance from the Sun

Distance between two focal points within an ellipse

• Minor axis

• Major axis

• Focal length

• Average planetary distance from the Sun

Width of an ellipse

• Minor axis

• Major axis

• Focal length

• Average planetary distance from the Sun