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- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Planets orbit the Sun in a shape called a(n)circleellipsefocusperihelion
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.An ellipse is drawn around two points calledaphelionperihelionfociaxis
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.When a planet orbits the Sun, one of the foci of the elliptical orbit isthe axisthe perihelionthe centerthe Sun
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The place where a planet is closest to the Sun as it orbits the Sun is called theperihelionaphelion
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The place where a planet is farthest away from the Sun in its orbit around the Sun is called theaphelionperihelion
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Where is the planet moving fasterPosition A to BPosition B to CPosition H to IPosition I to J - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What is true about the area between points A, B and the Sun, and the area between points H, I and the Sun?The area between A, B and the Sun is the largest.The area between H, I and the Sun is the largestBoth areas are equal in sizeThere is not enough information to determine the areas
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What has an eccentricity of zeroa straight linea large ellipsea circlea small ellipse
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What has an eccentricity of zeroa straight linea large ellipsea circlea small ellipse
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What is the smallest terrestrial planet?MarsVenusMercuryEarth
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of _______gasmetalwaterrock
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Kepler's 2nd Law deals withthe shape of the planets' orbitsthe speed/area the planet travelsthe length of time it takes the planet to orbit the sun
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The "Law of Harmonies" is which of Kepler's Laws?1st2nd3rd4th
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.A planet moves __________ when it is farthest from the sun.fasterslower
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Kepler's first law states that the orbits of the planets are oval in shape orellipsesperfect circles
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The farther away a planet is from the sun, the _______ it takes it to orbit the sun once.longershorter
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The path a planet travels around the sun is called itsorbitellipsebarycenterprecession
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.This movement of earth over 11,000 years will change our north star to Veganutationprecessionrevolutionrotation