WGU Astronomy

What is the planet we live on

• Mars

• Earth

• Milky way

• Jupiter

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is our star system called?

• milky way

• universe

• solar system

• galaxy

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What galaxy do we live in

• Milky way

• Andromeda Galaxy

• Whirlpool Galaxy

• Solar system

What is our galaxy cluster called ?

• Virgo Cluster

• Hydra Cluster

• Milky way

What is our galaxy supercluster called?

• Earth

• MIlky way

• Virgo Supercluster

• Laniakea

Kepler's First Law

• The point of a planet's orbit farthest from the sun

• As a planet moves around its orbit, it sweeps out equal areas in equal times

• The square of the orbital period of a planet is directly proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit.

• The orbit of a planet is an ellipse. The sun is at one of the foci

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Kepler's Second Law

• The square of the orbital period of a planet is directly proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit

• As a planet moves around its orbit, it sweeps out equal areas in equal times

• The orbit of a planet is an ellipse. The sun is at one of the foci.

• The amount it takes for a planet to orbit around the sun

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Kepler's Third Law

• The amount it takes for a planet to orbit around the sun

• The orbit of a planet is an ellipse. The sun is at one of the foci.

• The square of the orbital period of a planet is directly proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit.

• As a planet moves around its orbit, it sweeps out equal areas in equal times

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

major axis

• the longer axis of an ellipse, passing through its foci.

• half of the major axis

• The center of mass of two or more bodies orbiting around each other

• The point of a planet's orbit farthest from the sun

Barycenter

• half of the major axis

• The center of mass of two or more bodies orbiting around each other

• the longer axis of an ellipse, passing through its foci.

• The amount it takes for a planet to orbit around the sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4