7th-8th Grade Science Chapter 2 Test, Part 2

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To an observer on Earth, another planet may seem to go backward in its orbit because the earth is traveling faster in its orbit than the other planet.

Tycho Brahe's astronomical observations were relatively inaccurate.

a day on which the apparent movement of the sun reaches its northern-most or southern-most limit

If more massive heavenly bodies orbited less massive bodies, this would contradict the law of gravity.

Two major objections to the geocentric theory are its inaccuracy and its complexity.

With everything else being the same, if the earth were not spinning on its axis, its wind patterns would be more complex.

The first person to use a telescope for astronomy was

The force that holds planets in their orbits is called