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Seg. 1, pp. 12-20, Movement in Space
By William Schammann
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Question 1
1.
Which is bigger? p. 13
a star
a planet
a satellite
a meteorite
Question 2
2.
What is a giant ball of superheated gas? p.13
comet
meteor
planet
star
Question 3
3.
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
Question 4
4.
A shooting star is really a star. p. 14
True
False
Question 5
5.
What is a cold mixture of dust and ice? p. 14
comet
meteor
asteroid
meteorite
Question 6
6.
When will Halley's comet appear next? p.14
2061
2086
2023
It will never appear again
Question 7
7.
What is a pattern or group of stars that people imagine represents a figure, animal, or object? p. 15
galaxy
universe
constellation
nebula
Question 8
8.
The positions of objects in the sky depend on the motions of Earth. p. 16
True
False
Question 9
9.
The word __________ comes from a Greek word meaning "wanderer". p. 17
star
planet
comet
meteor
Question 10
10.
The planets all orbit the sun in different planes or levels. p. 17
True
False
Question 11
11.
Which model stated that the Earth was the center of the universe and everything revolved around it? p. 18
geocentric
heliocentric
astrocentric
egocentric
Question 12
12.
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