unit 8 test

Question 1

copernicus

Answer 1

heliocentric model

Question 2

brahe

Answer 2

first observatory/ spent 20 years mapping the location of the stars

Question 3

kepler

Answer 3

3 laws of planetary motion

Question 4

galileo

Answer 4

first telescope/ jupiters moons

Question 5

newton

Answer 5

3 laws of motion

Question 6

all info at space comes frokm

Answer 6

light

Question 7

3 examples of invissible radiation

Answer 7

radio waves
UV light
x-rays

Question 8

reflecting telescope

Answer 8

mirrors

Question 9

refracitng

Answer 9

lenses

Question 10

radio

Answer 10

radio waves (dishes)

Question 11

advantage of hubble telescope

Answer 11

allowed astronomers to study radiation that would otherwise be blurred by the atmosphere

Question 12

mission of the voyager space probes

Answer 12

to fly by in our solar system

Question 13

first amaercans landed on the moon

Answer 13

apollo 11

Question 14

highlands

Answer 14

mountanous / light in color

Question 15

maria

Answer 15

smooth and dark in cololr

Question 16

rilles

Answer 16

deep narrow valleys

Question 17

capture theory

Answer 17

earths gravity pulled random space object

Question 18

simultaneous creation

Answer 18

moon and earth created at the same time

Question 19

impact theory

Answer 19

large object clrashed into earth and debris became the moon

Question 20

rotation

Answer 20

spinning on axis

Question 21

revolution

Answer 21

orbiting an object

Question 22

moon’s synchronous rotation

Answer 22

earth revolves and rotates 29 1/2 so the same side of the moon always faces earth

Question 23

how fast is the earth revolving

Answer 23

67000

Question 24

northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun

Answer 24

summer

Question 25

northern hemisphere tilted away from the sun

Answer 25

winter

Question 26

umbra of an eclipse

Answer 26

darkest part

Question 27

why does the moon get red

Answer 27

earths shadow blocks most of the suns light, but the light that isnt blocked is refracted which makes it appear red

Question 28

phases of the moon

Answer 28

n m, wax c, 1 q, wax g, f m, wan g, 3 q, wan c

Question 29

planets in order

Answer 29

mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter saturn uranus neptune

Question 30

difference between gas giant and terrrestrial

Answer 30

gas giant are large and made of gas w no solid surface, terrestrial are rocky w solid surfaces

Question 31

red planet

Answer 31

mars

Question 32

smallest planet

Answer 32

mercury

Question 33

what planet was discovered after disturbing another planets orbit

Answer 33

neptune

Question 34

largest planet

Answer 34

jupiter

Question 35

most similar to earth

Answer 35

venus

Question 36

2 planets that rotate in the opposite direction

Answer 36

venus uranus

Question 37

ice rings

Answer 37

saturn

Question 38

2 planets that appear blue

Answer 38

neptune uranus

Question 39

giant red spot

Answer 39

jupiter

Question 40

brightest thing in the sky at dusk and dawn

Answer 40

venus

Question 41

tilted planet

Answer 41

uranus

Question 42

meteor comet asteroid

Answer 42

meteor: space debris,
comet: dust and rock surrounded by ice,
asteroid: comet without the ice