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Exploring the Solar System: Kepler's Laws and Celestial Objects

Learn about Kepler's Laws, the formation of the solar system, and the characteristics of celestial objects like planets, asteroids, comets, and meteoroids. Discover the differences between geocentric and heliocentric models, major and minor axes, and the Kuiper belt and Oort Cloud. Understand the relationship between orbital period and distance from the Sun and explore the fascinating patterns in our solar system. Suitable for all space enthusiasts!

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Exploring the Solar System: Kepler's Laws and Celestial Objects

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  1. JEOPARDY! Click Once to Begin

  2. JEOPARDY! What’s the difference? Kepler’s Laws How its made Patterns in the Solar System Planets on the move Other objects in the SS 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500

  3. Geocentric and heliocentric

  4. Major axis and minor axis

  5. Asteroid and comet

  6. Meteoroid and meteorite

  7. Daily Double!!! Kuiper belt and Oort Cloud

  8. This law explains the relationship between orbital period and a planet’s distance from the Sun.

  9. Kepler’s First Law describes the orbit of a planet in the shape of an ellipse with the _______ at one focus.

  10. 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.

  11. The distance from the Sun in Kepler’s laws is given in terms of this unit.

  12. Describe eccentricity.

  13. This theory explains the origin of the solar system

  14. The solar system began as a cloud made up of -

  15. Daily Double!!! How long ago did our solar system form?A. 5 million years agoB. 5 billion years agoC. 5 trillion years ago

  16. Why are the four inner planets similar in density?

  17. Why do the four outer planets have atmospheres with similar compositions?

  18. As you move away from the Sun what happens to temperature?

  19. How does the orbital period of a planet change as you move away from the Sun?

  20. As you move towards the sun describes what happens to the size of the planets.

  21. True or False: The outer four planets have atmospheres made of lighter elements.

  22. As you move away from the sun, the number of __________ orbiting a planet ________.

  23. The aphelion is the point where a planet is ________ from the Sun.

  24. A planet that is at its perihelion will move _________ in its orbit than when it is at its aphelion.

  25. A planet that is closer to the sun has an orbital period ______ than a planet that is further away.

  26. Describe the relationship between orbital period and distance from the Sun.

  27. Most planets rotate on their axis from West to East, _______ rotates from East to West

  28. Parts of a comet: nucleus, coma, __________

  29. A _____________ becomes a ___________ when it passes into Earth’s atmosphere.

  30. Which has more craters? Earth or Mercury? Why?

  31. Explain the origin of the asteroid belt

  32. The eccentricity of a comet’s orbit is ____________ than the eccentricity of Earth.

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