Kepler - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Orbital Motion – Kepler’s Laws Answer Key Vocabulary: astronomical unit, eccentricity, ellipse, force, gravity, Kepler’s first law, Kepler’s second law, Kepler’s third law, orbit, orbital radius, period, vector, velocity Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) [Note: The purpose of these questions is to activate prior knowledge and get students thinking. Students are not expected to know the answers to the Prior Knowledge Questions.] 1. The orbit of H...

satellite - ️️natural or artificial object in space that orbits the Earth orbit - ️️the path a satellite takes around a celestial body apogee - ️️the highest point of an orbit perigee - ️️the lowest point of an orbit Sputnik - ️️the first artificial satellite COMSTAT - ️️communications satellites INTELSAT - ️️International Telecommunications Satellite Organization NAVSTAR - ️️navigation satellites LANDSAT - ️️satellites that locate natu...

HIEU 202 History of Western Civilization : All Quizzes (ANSWERED) William Harvey's On the Motion of the Heart and Blood refuted which of the following formerly held understandings? The liver was the beginning point of the circulation of blood. Which of the following created three laws of planetary motion that helped disprove the basic structure of the Ptolemaic system? Johannes Kepler For what reason did Copernicus support the sun-centered model of the universe? It offered a simpler a...

Why does Mars's axis swing much more wildly over time than Earth's? - ️️Mars lacks a large moon "RNA world" refers to the idea that ________. - ️️RNA was life's first genetic material A bacteria like Geogemma barossili Strain 121 can survive in temperatures as hot as 121 C, far above the typical boiling point for water. This bacteria is an - ️️Extremophile A giant or supergiant star is ________. - ️️a star that is near the end of its life A television advertisement claim...

RNA ~ single-stranded nucleic acid that contains the sugar ribose DNA ~ A complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes. Stromatolites ~ Oldest known fossils formed from many layers of bacteria and sediment. Anthroprocene ~ New era of geological history, defined by humans from their own history greenhouse effect ~ Natural situation in which heat is retained in Earth's atmosphere by carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, and other gases Titan and ...

What does a spectrometer measure? a) resolution b) how much light of each color is coming from a sky object c) subtended angle between stars d) length of a sidereal year - Answer-b) how much light of each color is coming from a sky The apparent path of the sun, moon, planets, and zodiac across the sky is called the a) equator b) celestial equator c) ecliptic d) horizon - Answer-c) ecliptic What is special about the stars Mizar and Alcor in the Big Dipper? a) they are actually a system...

The Milky Way resides in the Local Group of galaxies. correct answers True The two nearest planets to the Earth are ... correct answers Venus and Mars A solar eclipse can only occur when the Moon is in the ______ phase. correct answers New How old is the Sun? correct answers Near 5 billion yr Why is it warmer in summer for Northern Hemisphere residents than in winter? correct answers Earth's rotation axis is tilted orienting the Northern Hemisphere toward the Sun, and thus the Sun h...

Civil Air Patrol CAP Mitchell Award Aerospace Terms (Edited!) complete solution satellite - answer-natural or artificial object in space that orbits the Earth orbit - answer-the path a satellite takes around a celestial body apogee - answer-the highest point of an orbit perigee - answer-the lowest point of an orbit Sputnik - answer-the first artificial satellite COMSTAT - answer-communications satellites INTELSAT - answer-International Telecommunications Satellite Organizatio...

what isn't known about saturn ~ no one knows how long a day on saturn is what is necessary to be considered a planet ~ 1. a planet orbits the sun directly 2. a planet is large enough to have formed a spherical shape 3. a planet has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit (this omits pluto as a planet) what is the orgin of water ~ - waster must have been delivered to earth by small bodies at a later stage of the planets evolution ~asteroid like small bodies from the region of jupi...

Global History Regents Review 10th Grade Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024 What the age of absolutism? - ANSWER-- period in Europe when nations were governed by Absolute monarchs - centralized political power - divine right - rulers believed their power was unlimited and they made laws without consent of people who were some Absolute monarchs? (5) - ANSWER-1. Peter the Great- Absolute monarch of Russia- expanded territory and Westernized Russia 2. Louis XIV- absolute monarch of Fran...