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Face-Off Test
Lists and Series
1-8 List the 8 planets in order of average surface temperature, from hottest to coldest
9-15 List the 7 solar objects found in Aristotle’s Universe not including stationary stars, from (not
including) Earth moving outwards.
Label the following parts of the sun.
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26. The Oort cloud is a source for many ________________ in our solar system.
27 The Oort cloud extends up to ___ light years away from the sun.
28-29 On February 18, 1930 __(28)___ discovered ___(29)___
Formation and History of the Solar System
30. What are the reasons for the formation of the asteroid belt?
31. Briefly describe the planetesimal theory.
32. Who was the first person to suggest a geocentric universe?
33. Who was the first to prove that we live in a geocentric universe?
Motion of Solar Objects and Laws
34-36. What are Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion?
37. What is shepherding?
38. What is tidal locking?
39. Using Scientific Notation, what does G, the gravitational constant, equal?
40. What is the formula to find the Escape velocity? Define what each variable stands for.
Identifying Pictures
41-44 Label each diagram with the planet it represents.
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45. What is this a picture of?
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46-49 Label each picture. What is it showing, and on what planet/moon/object is it found on?
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Famous Astronomers
Match each astronomer with what he or she did.
51. Tycho Brahe
52. Galileo Galilei
53. Johannes Kepler
54. Clyde Thombaugh
55. Nicholas Copernicus
56. Edmond Halley
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Created amazingly accurate predictions on the movement of different celestile bodies
Created precise measurements of the planets and over 700 stars
Discovered Jupiter’s four largest satellites
Significantly improved the understanding of Mars’ orbit
Discovered the mysterious “Planet X” who’s exsistance had been proven but not
observed
F. His insite to the motion of the stars was rejected by the Catholic church for several
decades.
Basic Understanding of the Planets, Dwarf Planets, and Other Bodies
57. Why is Venus’ temperature paterns the way they are?
58. What types of climate patterns are found on Mercury because of it’s thin atmosphere?
59. What is the most abundant element in the gas giants?
60. The Great Dark Spot belongs to what planet?
61-64. Name the four dwarf planets
65*. What is the difference between a dwarf planet and a plutoid?
66. Currently there are only two Plutoids. One of them is Pluto- what is the other?
67. What is the only difference between an astroid and a meteroid?
68. In order for a meteroid to become a meteorite is must do what?
69. What is the brightest object in the Kuiper Belt?
The Sun and Moon
Answer the next three questions using the picture found on your
answer document.
70. Circle where the sun is now.
71. Draw an arrow starting from where the sun was when it was first
created to where it is now, following it’s evolutionary path.
72. Draw an arrow starting from where the sun is now to where it
will go in the future along the path it will follow.
Label what type of moon is present if the moon is at each location (not to scale)
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78. What is this?
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81. In 13,000 years which star will
be “the North star”?
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