Planetary motion Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Ursa Major - Answer-circumpolar constellation at 45N Big dipper - Answer-asterism Orion - Answer-asterism Taurus - Answer-zodiac constellation Draco - Answer-circumpolar at 45N Northern Cross - Answer-asterism Your birth sign is - Answer-the constellation behind the sun at the moment of your birth We are currently living in the age of - Answer-Pisces What is the location of of our solar system in the Milk Way galaxy? - Answer-Halfway out from the center How do we know the Milky Way gala...

heliocentric theory places the sun at the CENTER of the solar system, states that all other bodies in the solar system orbit it. This was in direct contradiction to Ptolemy's geocentric theory, that stated the earth was the center of the universe Nicolaus Copernicus widely credited as the father of the heliocentric theory (sun is the center of the universe) he was not the first to propose the concept but his mathematical model was the first that correctly predicted the movement of the pl...

Conceptual Physics Ch 9 Test Questions and Answers Newton's most celebrated synthesis was and is of A) earthly and heavenly laws. B) weight on Earth and weightlessness in outer space. C) masses and distances. D) the paths of tossed rocks and the paths of satellites - Answer-A) earthly and heavenly laws. Universal Law of Gravity - Answer-Force ~ mass1 x mass2 / distance Universal Gravitational Constant, G - Answer-F = G (m1 x m2 /distance) G = 6.67E x 10^-11 Nm2/kg2 Mass of Earth...

What three ancient structures were likely used for early forms of astrology? - Stonehenge, the Temple of Isis, and the Sun Dagger What people produced the earliest complete records of observations regarding astrological phenomena? - The Ancient Greeks What did Thales of Miletus assert? - Natural phenomena could be explained and understood by humans What did Pythagoras describe? - Mathematical patterns in nature What was one of Plato's core beliefs? - Everything in nature can be reduced t...

wx 201 test 2 erau questions and answers station pressure the actual air pressure computed at the observing station sea level pressure the standard level of pressure 29.92 inches ideal gas law the relationship PV=nRT, which describes the behavior of an ideal gas mercury barometer consists of a glass tube open at the bottom end and partially filled with mercury barometric pressure the pressure due to the weight of the atmosphere; also called air pressure or atmospheric p...

Physics The study of forces, energy, motion Chemistry The study of atoms and molecules, their structures, and their interactions to form substances Earth science The study of the Earth's structure and composition, and processes that change Earth essential attributes of science Studies the natural world Uses testable ideas Relies on data from observations/experiments Presented for evaluation by other scientists Leads to further questions/research variables Th...

Earth Space Exam Review 2023 GRADED A+ (ACTUAL EXAM ) Questions and Answers (Solved) 1. Occurs when the Moon passes directly between the Sun and Earth and casts a shadow over part of Earth Answer: solar eclipse 2. an eclipse in which the moon appears darkened as it passes into the earth's shadow. Answer: lunar eclipse 3. the average distance between the earth and the sun; useful for measuringdistances within the solar system Answer: astronomical unit (AU) 4. the distance light trave...

Scientific Revolution - ANSWER-advances in the knowledge of how nature works, included new discoveries and solved ancient problems, moved knowledge from uncertainty to uncertainty, came in the fields of physics, astronomy, and medicine alchemy - ANSWER-the belief that matter could be understood and transformed by mixing substances and using secret formulas, a famous alchemist was Paracelsus, who said that metals as well as plants might have medicinal properties Vesalius - ANSWER-influenced...

PHSC 121 Final Exam Questions And Answers 4 points of the scientific method - Answer -observation, testing, assumption, hypothesis Our solar system consists of ______ and has ___ major planets - Answer -the Sun and all the objects that orbit the Sun / 8 Why isn't Pluto considered a planet? - Answer -It does not dominate its orbit Light from the Sun takes ___ to reach Earth - Answer -8 minutess The Kuiper Belt is located __________________ - Answer -beyond the orbit of Neptune ...

Earth Science Quiz Questions and Answers Kepler's third law of planetary motion states what? - Answer-planets further from the sun take longer to orbit Who first observed the phases of Venus, adding support for the heliocentric model of the Solar System? - Answer-Galileo The geocentric model of the solar system was developed by who? - Answer-Ptolemy What is the solid earth that is comprised of rocks, minerals, and soil called? - Answer-Lithosphere Which of the following is the si...