The Solar System

Question 1

Which two gaseous giants did Renaissance scientists such as Galileo know about?

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Jupiter and Saturn

Question 2

Look at the diagram of the solar system.

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retrograde motion

Question 3

Look at the image of the solar system.

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Y

Question 4

What do comets and asteroids have in common?

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They orbit the Sun.

Question 5

Which idea was supported by Aristarchus, Copernicus, and Galileo?

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The planets revolve around the Sun.

Question 6

Which correctly lists three scientists who supported the heliocentric model of the solar system?

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Kepler, Galileo, Copernicus

Question 7

Look at the image of the solar system.

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Mercury

Question 8

How did Kepler describe the planets’ orbits?

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The planets’ orbits are elliptical.

Question 9

In addition to proposing that planetary orbits are elliptical, what other modification did Kepler make to Copernicus’s model?

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Planets closer to the Sun move faster.

Question 10

Which describes one way that Aristarchus's explanation of the movement of objects in the sky was different from other scientists' earlier explanations?

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He argued that Earth rotates on its axis.

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