Kepler's Laws
You are my Sunshine
Lil' Bodies
Planets
Astronomers
100
Well, go on name a law.
Each planet orbits the Sun in an elliptical orbit with the Sun at it's focus. The square of the orbital period is proportional to the cube of the planet's average distance to the Sun. As a planet moves around its orbit, it sweeps out equal areas in equal times
100
Name the Sun's layers from in to out.
Core, Radiation Zone, Convection Zone, Photosphere, Chromosphere, Corona.
100
Name all of the "Lil' Bodies"
Dwarf planets, asteriods, meteors, meteorites, and meteoroids
100
Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system because_____
It has volvanoes and carbon dioxide gets stuck in its atmosphere. It also rains sulfric acid.
100
He thought that if Earth went around the Sun, then the positions of stars would change as Earth moves.
Who is Aristotle.
200
What are you waiting for? Name a law -___-
As a planet moves around its orbit, it sweeps out equal areas in equal times. Each planet orbits the Sun in an elliptical orbit with the Sun at it's focus. The square of the orbital period is proportional to the cube of the planet's average distance to the Sun.
200
How does the Sun generate energy?
Nuclear Fusion
200
A rocky body that orbits the Sun
Asteroid
200
Which planet has a huge iron core? Does it have an axial tilt? If so, what is the degree? Also, which planet has the thickest atmosphere and is special?
Mercury and no it has no axial tilt. Earth has the thickest atmosphere and it is the only planet with known life!
200
Tried to measure the distances between the Earth and Sun and 1st proposed the heliocentric model.
Who is Aristarchus.
300
Name a law already.
The square of the orbital period is proportional to the cube of the planet's average distance to the Sun. Each planet orbits the Sun in an elliptical orbit with the Sun at it's focus. As a planet moves around its orbit, it sweeps out equal areas in equal times
300
Define differential rotation and tell how long the rotation is on the equator and on the poles.
Differential Rotation: Rotation of a body in which different parts of it have different periods of rotation. Equator: 25 days Poles: 35 days
300
Small OR big rocky body that travels through space
Meteoroid
300
Uranus's seasons are___________. Is Saturn denser than water? What are in the gaps of Saturn's rings?
21 years dark, 21 years light, and 42 years light and dark. Saturn is less dense than water and moons are in the gaps of Saturn's rings.
300
Came up with a "wheels on wheels" system envolving the planets going in small circles and go around bigger circles. He also proposed a very detailed geocentric model (celestial bodies went at a constant speed and moved in perfect circles) that was used for the next 14 centuries.
Who is Ptolemy.
400
Explain the Universal law of gravitation.
All objects in the universe attract each other through gravitational force.
400
Which two gases are the Sun made of?
Helium and Hydrogen but mostly hydrogen
400
Bright streak of light of when a meteoroid burns up in Earth's atmosphere
Meteor
400
Which planet has the fastest winds? Also, which planet has polar ice caps?
Neptune has the fastest winds and Mars has polar ice caps.
400
He used the "wheels on wheels system" and also took the idea that bodies moved in perfect circles around. Now the second person made three laws. He also did NOT think bodies moved in perfect circles. He thought they moved in ellipses.
Who are Copernicus and Kepler.
500
Is the Sun the only star in our solar system?
Yes
500
Meteoroid that reaches Earth's surface without burning up
Meteorite
500
What is the biggest planet?
Jupiter.
500
Approached predicaments with the "scientific method" as we call it today. He observed Jupiter's moons (name the ones he observed). And lastly, he saw that Venus went through similar phases like Earth's moon. Those phases are caused when the sunlight goes opposite direction as Venus orbits the Sun
Who is Galileo. Moons: Io, Callisto, Ganymede, and Europa.
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