Abeka 6th Grade Science 4.5-4.9
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- Q1The name early astronomers gave planetswanderers30s
- Q2the astronomer whose idea was an earth centered universe(Claudius) Ptolemy30s
- Q3the astronomer whose idea was an sun centered universeNicolaus Copernicus30s
- Q4Astronomer who formulated the three laws of planetary motion; discovered that planets travel in ellipsesJohannes Kepler30s
- Q5A symmetrically shaped ovalellipse30s
- Q6the two special points in an ellipsefoci30s
- Q7The scientist whose greatest achievement was discovering the law of universal gravitationSir Isaac Newton30s
- Q8The force of attraction that exists between any two objectsgravity30s
- Q9the term for the distance between the earth and the sunastronomical unit30s
- Q10The largest heavenly bodies that orbit the sunplanets30s
- Q111st law of planetary motionEvery planet orbits the sun in an ellipse, with the sun as one of the foci of the ellipse and an empty point in space as the other.30s
- Q122nd law of planetary motionAs a planet moves closer to the sun it travels faster; and as it moves away it goes slower.30s
- Q133rd law of planetary motionShows the relationship between the earth and the sun and how long it takes for it to complete one orbit; explains why planets closer to the sun orbit more rapidly than planets further away30s
- Q14the system made up of the sun and the planets and the heavenly bodies that obit itSolar system30s
- Q15Term meaning "revolve around"orbit30s