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Seg. 1, pp. 12-20, Movement in Space

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Which is bigger? p. 13

a star

a planet

a satellite

a meteorite

What is a giant ball of superheated gas? p.13

comet

meteor

planet

star

Which is not true about a planet? p.13

it orbits the sun

it is large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity

it is made of gas

it has cleared the area of its orbit of any debris

A shooting star is really a star.  p. 14

True

False

What is a cold mixture of dust and ice? p. 14

comet

meteor

asteroid

meteorite

When will Halley's comet appear next? p.14

2061

2086

2023

It will never appear again

What is a pattern or group of stars that people imagine represents a figure, animal, or object? p. 15

galaxy

universe

constellation

nebula

The positions of objects in the sky depend on the motions of Earth. p. 16

True

False

The word __________ comes from a Greek word meaning "wanderer". p. 17

star

planet

comet

meteor

The planets all orbit the sun in different planes or levels.  p. 17

True

False

Which model stated that the Earth was the center of the universe and everything revolved around it? p. 18

geocentric

heliocentric

astrocentric

egocentric

Which one these is not one of Galileo's evidence that supports the heliocentric model? p.19-20

the moons of Jupiter

the phases of Venus

how stars generally appear to move from east to west through the night's sky