The Understanding of the Solar System

A student wants to illustrate the orbits of the planets in the solar system. He draws several diagrams that show the placement of the Sun (S) and planets. Which diagram is most accurate?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Which drawing best represents the relative sizes and positions of the Sun, Earth, and moon?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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The gravitational force of the Sun affects the planets in our solar system. Which of these is influenced the most by this force?

• axial tilt

• orbital path

• the masses of the planets

• the number of moons per planet

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Which position would cause a full moon?

• 1

• 3

• 5

• 7

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Number 7 on the solar system represents which planet?

• Jupiter

• Uranus

• Neptune

• Saturn

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Another name for Inner planets is called ​ ​ (a)   .

• terrestrial

• Celestial

• Gaseous

• Heliocentric

• thermodynamic

Number 8 on the solar system represents which planet?

• Uranus

• Neptune

• Saturn

• Jupiter

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What technological invention provided powerful evidence that challenged the idea that the Earth was the center of the solar system?

• Microscope

• Telescope

• Rockets

• Periscope

As new technology has been developed over the last half-century, our knowledge of the solar system has increased substantially. As planets revolve around distant stars, they block some of the light from reaching the Kepler space telescope. The telescope measures changes in the brightness of stars as planets move in front of them. How has the Kepler telescope improved our understanding of the universe?

• It has aided in the discovery of planets outside the solar system.

• It has aided in the discovery of planets inside the solar system

• It has aided in the discovery of life outside the solar system.

• It has aided in the discovery of life

  inside the solar system.

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The diagram above shows four objects and their orbits around the Sun, as seen from space. Which statement is true about all of the objects shown in the diagram?

• They produce their own light

• They belong to our solar system.

• They are composed mostly of gases

• They are the same distance from the Sun.

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