
3rd Weekly Assessment in Physical Science
Quiz by April Francisco
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According to this scientist travelers going south see southern constellations rise higher above the horizon.
These phases of the moon are the basis of ancient?
It occurs when the Moon is in between the Sun and the Earth and the moon partially or completely blocks out the sun.
The law of period also known as?
Kepler is saying that the new “perfect” shape must be an?
It could be understood by analyzing the horizontal and vertical components separately.
The object will move and will return to its natural state based on the object's material or composition.
It requires an external force (push or pull)for the object to move.
The Greek term for wanderers is?
Bodies need to be pushed or pulled to maintain horizontal motion.
According to Aristotle "If two objects of different weight are dropped from a height both of them will hit the ground at the same time".
Projectiles follow a curved path.
The speed of a falling object is directly related to its mass.
An object is influenced by the upward force of gravity.
By 1609, Kepler was able to determine the relationship between a planet’s average distance from the Sun and the time it takes to complete one orbit, its period.
The law of ellipse somehow replaced the perfection of the circular orbits somehow accepted by all the previous models.
Who is the scientist proved that Aristotle’s transparent spheres do not exist by showing that comets would have to travel through them?
He inherited Brahe's vast data set that will prove crucial for developing his Three Laws of Planetary Motion.
In systematically observing the motion of the sun, Babylonian and Egyptian civilizations used a primitive version of?
The Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus who presented the idea of ___________ universe in On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres,?