Review: Patterns of Orbital Variables

The planets and objects that have water in solid ice form are ​ ______ our Sun than Earth, where water is mostly liquid.

• further from
• closer to

Since planets that are further from the Sun than Earth have water in ice/solid form, we can assume that...

• the planets that are further from the Sun orbit on an extreme tilt

• the further away from the Sun, the colder it is

• the further away from the sun, the warmer it is

• the planets that are further from the sun don't have an atmosphere

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The planets and objects that have water in vapor(gas) form are _____.

• closer to our Sun than Earth

• farther from our Sun than Earth

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Because the planets that have water in the gaseous phase are located closer to the Sun than Earth, we can assume...

• The closer the planet to its star, the hotter it is

• The farther the planet is from its star, the hotter it is

The distance at which Comet Borrelly and Pluto revolve around the Sun changes _____ compared to other planets and objects in the solar system.

• very minimally

• a lot

Answer explanation

Comet Borrelly and Pluto have a larger difference between their minimum and maximum distances to the Sun than other objects in our Solar System.

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Comet Borrelly is likely frozen most of the time because ...

• there is evidence that it was once closer to the Sun but its distance has been rapidly increasing over the last 20 years

• it is constantly orbiting the Sun at a distance further than most planets

• it spends most of its time at a distance that is too cold for water to exist as a liquid or vapor

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What is the general relationship between average distance of a planet from the Sun and its orbital period?

• As the average distance increases, so does orbital period

• As the average distance increases, orbital period decreases

• Regardless of distance, all planets take the same amount of time to orbit the Sun

• The farther the planet from the Sun, the shorter its orbital period

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Celestial objects on which water exists mostly as vapor orbit ______ the Sun than Earth.

• farther from

• closer to

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_________ and Pluto both have orbits that are more elliptical than orbits of other objects.

• Earth

• Comet Borrelly

• Europa

• Saturn

Which describes a benefit of graphing data?

• Graphs tell us whether the data is accurate and reliable

• Graphing data allows us to see multiple variables at once

• Graphs provide a visual that makes it easier to see evidence of patterns.

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