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Q: ______________ is the only moon in the solar system to have retrograde motion. A) Ganymede B) Europa C) Callisto D) Titan E) Triton
Q: ______________ is the major moon of Neptune. A) Triton B) Titan C) Ganymede D) Europa E) Callisto
Q: The major moons of ______________ were named after literary characters. A) Mars B) Jupiter C) Saturn D) Uranus E) Neptune
Q: Saturn's moon named ______________ is the second largest moon in the solar system. A) Titan B) Europa C) Ganymede D) Phobos E) Diamos
Q: The third brightest object in the sky is A) the Sun. B) the Moon. C) Venus. D) Mars.
Q: Which of the terrestrial planets has rings? A) Mercury B) Venus C) Mars D) None of the terrestrial planets has rings.
Q: Which of the following is nota terrestrial planet? A) Earth B) Mars C) Saturn D) Venus
Q: How many minor planets are known to exist in the solar system, using today's classification system? A) 1 B) 3 C) 2 D) 4
Q: According to today's classification system, how many major planets are there in the solar system? A) 10 B) 9 C) 8 D) 11
Q: Which of the following planets cannotbe in opposition? A) Mercury B) Jupiter C) Saturn D) Mars
Q: Which of the following planets cannotbe in opposition? A) Venus B) Jupiter C) Saturn D) Mars
Q: Which of the following planets can be in opposition? A) Mercury B) Venus C) Earth D) Saturn
Q: Which of the following planets can be in opposition? A) Mercury B) Venus C) Earth D) Neptune
Q: Which of the following planets can be in opposition? A) Mercury B) Venus C) Earth D) Uranus
Q: Which of the following planets can be in opposition? A) Mercury B) Venus C) Earth D) Mars
Q: The terrestrial planets have A) relatively high densities. B) solid surfaces. C) weak magnetic fields. D) all of these.
Q: Which of the following planets moves the slowest in its orbit around the Sun? A) Earth B) Mars C) Venus D) Mercury
Q: Which planet moves the fastest? A) Earth B) Mars C) Venus D) Mercury
Q: The aberration of starlight gives proof that Earth is A) rotating. B) revolving. C) precessing. D) none of these.
Q: The planet Mercury A) has retrograde motion. B) is the closest planet to Venus. C) is the smallest of the terrestrial planets. D) has a uniquely circular orbit.
Q: The planet Earth A) has retrograde motion. B) is the closest planet to Venus. C) is the smallest of the terrestrial planets. D) has a unique circular orbit.
Q: The closest planet to Earth is A) Mars. B) Venus. C) Mercury. D) Saturn.
Q: Stellar paralaxproves that Earth is A) rotating. B) revolving. C) precessing. D) an oblate spheroid.
Q: The motion of a Foucault pendulum proves that Earth is A) rotating. B) revolving. C) precessing. D) an oblate spheroid.
Q: Earth's axis is tilted ______________ degrees from the normal to the ecliptic plane. A) zero B) 90 C) 45 D) 23.5
Q: Retrograde motion of a planet refers to ______________ motion. A) west-to-east B) east-to-west C) circular D) elliptical
Q: Kepler's third law of planetary motion is also known as the ______________ law. A) periodic B) elliptical path C) harmonic D) heliocentric
Q: The name given to the point of a planet's orbit that is farthest from the Sun is A) aphelion. B) focus. C) perihelion. D) solstice.
Q: The name given to the point of a planet's orbit that is closest to the Sun is A) aphelion. B) focus. C) perihelion. D) solstice.
Q: Kepler's first law states that the orbits of the planets around the Sun are A) circles. B) ellipses. C) all lying in the same plane. D) none of these.
Q: That a planet moves with different speeds in its orbit is given by which of Kepler's laws? A) First B) Second C) Third D) Fourth
Q: Kepler's second law of planetary motion is known as the law of A) ellipses. B) equal areas. C) harmonic periods. D) gravitation.
Q: The heliocentric model of the solar system was developed by A) Brahe. B) Kepler. C) Copernicus. D) Newton.
Q: The geocentric model of the solar system is attributed to A) Kepler. B) Brahe. C) Copernicus. D) Aristotle.
Q: The study of astronomy involves A) space. B) energy. C) matter. D) all of these.
Q: Determine the sidereal period of a planet that is located 5.2 AU from the Sun.
Q: Halley's comet has a sidereal period of 76.2 years. Determine the value of the semimajor axis of its orbit. (Use Kepler's third law.)
Q: Calculate the value of the constant kin Kepler's harmonic law, using values for Earth from Table 16.1 in the textbook (1 year can be used for the period, and 1 AU can be used for the mean distance to the Sun).
Q: Suppose a small, new planet were discovered at a distance of 4 AU from the Sun. According to Kepler's third law, what would be its period?
Q: What percentage of the total mass of the nine planets exists in Jupiter?
Q: The ______________ effect provides evidence of motions within other planetary systems.
Q: Other planetary systems are detected by a "wobbling" of the star as a consequence of ______________ effects of a planet.
Q: Other planetary systems are best detected by the Doppler shifts that change the pattern of the star's ______________.
Q: Our solar system is thought to have evolved from a(n) ______________.
Q: The large, central portion of a swirling solar nebula is called a(n) ______________.
Q: Gravity acting on ______________ played an important role in the condensation process of forming nebulae.
Q: The planet that is normally farthest from the Sun, but sometimes is not, is ______________.
Q: The planet ______________ has retrograde motion.
Q: The most distant planet that can be seen with the unaided eye is ______________.
Q: The rings of Saturn were discovered by ______________.
Q: The Great Dark Spot is a feature of ______________.
Q: The Great White Spot is a feature of ______________.
Q: The Great Red Spot is a feature of ______________.
Q: The planet ______________ contains more than half the mass of the solar system not in the Sun.
Q: The planets with known rings are Saturn, Neptune, ______________, and Jupiter.
Q: Part of Pluto's orbit is inside the orbit of ______________.
Q: The planet with the polar "ice caps" of frozen carbon dioxide is ______________.
Q: The largest volcano on Earth is in ______________.
Q: The largest volcano in the solar system is on ______________.
Q: "Canals" are a feature once associated with the planet ______________.
Q: The surface of the terrestrial planet ______________ cannot be seen from Earth.
Q: The planet that most resembles Earth is ______________.
Q: The fourth planet from the Sun is ______________.
Q: Proof that Earth revolves around the Sun is obtained by the use of ______________ and the ______________.
Q: The apparent displacement in the direction of light coming from a star because of Earth's orbital motion is called the ______________.
Q: ______________ is the apparent motion that occurs between two fixed objects when the observer changes position.
Q: In 1851, Earth's rotation was demonstrated using a(n) ______________.
Q: The Moon's albedo is ______________.
Q: Earth's albedo is ______________.
Q: The fraction of incident sunlight reflected by a celestial body is called its ______________.
Q: The point of a planet's orbit farthest from the Sun is called the ______________.
Q: When a planet has the same meridian as a star, the planet is said to be in ______________.
Q: Kepler's second law of planetary motion gives a relationship concerning equal ______________ in equal periods of time.
Q: The distance between Earth and the Sun is 93,000, 000 miles, or one______________.
Q: Kepler's first law of planetary motion is known as the law of ______________ paths.
Q: T2= kR3is known as ______________.
Q: The Earth-centered model of the solar system is called the ______________ model.
Q: The solar system model of Copernicus is known as the ______________ model.
Q: Kepler's first law states that Earth's orbit around the Sun takes the shape of a(n) ______________.
Q: The dominant mass of the solar system is the ______________.
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