The Solar System

Question 1

Which statements did both Aristotle and Ptolemy assume? Select two options.The Sun was the center of the solar system.Bodies in space traveled in circles.Epicycles explained the “looping” movement of the planets.The planets revolved around the Earth.The stars in the sky are other suns.

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Bodies in space traveled in circles.; The planets revolved around the Earth.

Question 2

Choose the correct answer to complete the paragraph about the acceptance of the heliocentric model.

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✔ epicycles; In the second century BCE, the Greek astronomer Ptolemy tried to explain the backward movement of the planets by using a solar system model that included: epicycles; uring the Renaissance, Nicholas: Copernicus; un was explained by the movement of the: Earth

Question 3

✔ CopernicusGalilei Kepler

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✔ Copernicus

Question 4

Sun ✔ Earthmoon

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✔ Earth

Question 5

Identify Earth’s neighbors in the solar system by choosing the correct answer.

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The: planets; The: terrestrial planets; The Juno probe is exploring the planet: Jupiter

Question 6

gas giantsmeteoroids✔ terrestrial planets

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✔ terrestrial planets

Question 7

SaturnMars✔ Jupiter

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✔ Jupiter

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