Astronomical unit Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Solar System Explorer Answer Key Vocabulary: astronomical unit, dwarf planet, eccentricity, ellipse, gas giant, Kepler’s laws, orbit, orbital radius, period, planet, solar system, terrestrial planet Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) [Note: The purpose of these questions is to activate prior knowledge and get students thinking. Students are not expected to know the answers to the Prior Knowledge Questions.] 1. List all of the planets you can think of in our sola...

Gizmos - Orbital Motion – Kepler’s Laws Answer Key Vocabulary: astronomical unit, eccentricity, ellipse, force, gravity, Kepler’s first law, Kepler’s second law, Kepler’s third law, orbit, o rbital radius, period, vector, velocity

Gizmo Solar System Explorer 2024 - All Answers are Correct Vocabulary: astronomical unit, dwarf planet, eccentricity, ellipse, gas giant, Kepler’s laws, orbit, orbital radius, period, planet, solar system, terrestrial planet

Grass appears green because Correct Answer-it reflects green light and absorbs other colors Place each statement in the correct bin corresponding to whether it represents 1 astronomical unit (1 AU), 1 light-year, or neither of those Correct Answer-1 (AU): about 150 million kilometers, Earth's average distance from the Sun, Jupiter lies about 5.2 of these from the Sun 1 light-year: the distance light travels in 1 year, about 10 trillion kilometers, the star Sirius lies about 8 of these fro...

How many stars are in our galaxy? - correct answer 4 x 10^11 What is our cosmic address? - correct answer Earth Solar System Interstellar Neighborhood Milky Way Lanieakea Observable Universe Infinite Universe What is an astronomical unit? - correct answer The average distance between the Sun and the Earth As a blackbody becomes hotter, it also becomes ______ and ______. - correct answer More luminous, bluer. If an electromagnetic wave's frequency increased, then - correct ...

PHSC 121 Homeworks (1-4) 1st Exam Questions All Correctly Answered Astronomy is the study of ___________________. a. the Solar System b. galaxies c. the entire universe d. the planets of the Solar System - Answer -c. the entire universe Which of the following is not a step in the scientific method? a. evaluate science opinion b. refine hypothesis, develop theory c. evaluate data d. draw new conclusions from experimental data and observations - Answer -a. evaluate science opinio...

ASTRO 7N - Unit 2 Question and answers rated A+ 2024 ASTRO 7N - Unit 2 Copernicus - correct answer proposed the heliocentric (sun-centered) model of the universe, which replaced the geocentric (earth-centered) model distance between earth and sun - correct answer 1 astronomical unit -1 AU time for earth to orbit sun - correct answer 1 earth year -365 days Kepler's first law - correct answer the planets orbit the sun in elliptical orbits with the sun at one focus -these ellipses ...

ASTRO 7N - Unit 2Copernicus - correct answer proposed the heliocentric (sun-centered) model of the universe, which replaced the geocentric (earth-centered) model distance between earth and sun - correct answer 1 astronomical unit -1 AU time for earth to orbit sun - correct answer 1 earth year -365 days Kepler's first law - correct answer the planets orbit the sun in elliptical orbits with the sun at one focus -these ellipses tend to be nearly circular for the planets in our solar s...

AU-astronomical unit Correct Answer-Earth's average distance from the sun. Used to describe distance within the solar system Light Year- ly Correct Answer-Distance light can travel. which is about 10 trillion km. Used to describe distance of stars and galaxies. measure of distance not time. Solar system Correct Answer-consists of sun,planets, and their moons; which is held together by a common center. Local Group Correct Answer-more than 70 galaxies put together galaxy clusters Corr...

Gizmo Solar System Explorer 2024 - All Answers are Correct Student Exploration: Solar System Explorer Vocabulary: astronomical unit, dwarf planet, eccentricity, ellipse, gas giant, Kepler’s laws, orbit, orbital radius, period, planet, solar system, terrestrial planet