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Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD JEOPARDY! Studious Scientists Kepler’s Laws How its made Patterns in the Solar System Planets on the move Other objects in the SS

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Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Had a geocentric model of the Solar System

Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Was the first to develop a heliocentric model.

Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Included epicycles to explain retrograde motion.

Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Used Brahe’s data to develop his model.

Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Was the first to describe the shape of the planets’ orbits as an ellipse. Daily Double!!!

Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD This law explains the relationship between orbital period and a planet’s distance from the Sun.

Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Kepler’s First Law describes the orbit of a planet in the shape of an ellipse with the _______ at one focus.

Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Kepler’s ____ Law says that a line from the sun to any other planet will sweep out equal areas in the same amount of time.

Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD The distance from the Sun in Kepler’s laws is given in terms of this unit.

Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Describe eccentricity.

Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD This theory explains the origin of the solar system

Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD The solar system began as a cloud made up of -

Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD How long ago did our solar system form? A. 5 million years ago B. 5 billion years ago C. 5 trillion years ago Daily Double!!!

Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Why are the four inner planets similar in density?

Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Why do the four outer planets have atmospheres with similar compositions?

Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD As you move away from the Sun what happens to temperature?

Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD How does the orbital period of a planet change as you move away from the Sun?

Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD As you move towards the sun describes what happens to the size of the planets.

Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD True or False: The outer four planets have atmospheres made of lighter elements.

Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD As you move away from the sun, the number of __________ orbiting a planet ________.

Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD The aphelion is the point where a planet is ________ from the Sun.

Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD A planet that is at its perihelion will move _________ in its orbit than when it is at its aphelion.

Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD A planet that is closer to the sun has an orbital period ______ than a planet that is further away.

Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Describe the relationship between orbital period and distance from the Sun.

Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Explain why a planet can move slower in its orbit when its far from the Sun.

Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Parts of a comet: nucleus, coma, __________

Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD A _____________ becomes a ___________ when it passes into Earth’s atmosphere.

Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD The asteroid belt is found between these two planets.

Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Explain the origin of the asteroid belt

Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD The eccentricity of a comet is ____________ than the eccentricity of Earth.