Ch. 27 Planets in the Solar System

(p. 691) Copernicus' model of the solar system is...

• Geocentric

• Lunocentric

• Ethocentric

• Heliocentric

(p. 692) Kepler's First Law states that each planet orbits the sun in a path called a(n)...

• Ellipse

• Circle

• Epicycle

• Period

(p.703) The most distinctive feature of Jupiter is its...

• Great Red Spot

• Great Dark Spot

• Ring

• Elongated orbit

(p. 705) The planet that has an axis of rotation that is almost parallel to the plane of its orbit is...

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Uranus

• Neptune

(p. 699) The tilt of the axis of Mars is nearly the same as that of...

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Jupiter

(p. 702) The planet that rotates faster than any other planet in the solar system is...

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Uranus

• Pluto

(p. 693) Kepler's law that describes how fast planets travel at different points in their orbits is called the law of...

• Ellipse

• Equal Speeds

• Equal Areas

• Periods

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

(p. 751) All of the outer planets in the solar system are large except...

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

• Pluto

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

(p. 689) The first atmosphere of Earth contained a large amount of...

• Helium

• Oxygen

• Carbon Dioxide

• Methane

(p. 685) The hypothesis that states that the sun and the planets developed out of the same cloud of gas and dust is called the...

• Copernicus hypothesis

• Solar hypothesis

• Nebular hypothesis

• Galileo hypothesis