Solar System Andrews

What 2 planets rotate clockwise?

• Earth and Mars

• Venus and Mars

• Uranus and Venus

• Mercury and Uranus

Geocentrism refers to

• the belief that Earth is the center of the solar system

• the belief that the sun is the center of the solar system

• the belief that the earth is flat

• the belief that the Earth is the center of the universe

Who invented the first telescope?

• Copernicus

• Kepler

• Einstein

• Galileo

First proposed the heliocentric model

• Kepler

• Galileo

• Copernicus

• Kant

The heliocentric model states

• Earth is the center of the solar system

• the sun is the center of the solar system

• the sun is the center of the Milky Way

• Pluto is not a planet

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It is difficult for us to envision our solar system because

• large distances

• our perspective

• everything is in constant motion

• all of these

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Our sun

• was "born" from the solar nebula

• is a medium sized star

• appears larger to us because it is closest to us

• all of these

Our solar system contains other celestial bodies like

• Andromeda and other galaxies

• comets and asteroids

• planets and moons

• all of theses EXCEPT other galaxies like Andromeda

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The asteroid belt is located between

• Earth and Mars

• Jupiter and Mars

• Mars and Mercury

• Neptune and Pluto

The presence of the asteroid belt

• suggests that it should've clumped to make another planet

• makes it hard for astronauts to fly through

• it is where asteroids are born

• none of these