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Currently scientist think the Universe is _________________.
a) expanding
b) getting smaller
c) staying the same
d) The Milky Way

According to Kepler the shape of planetary orbits are____________.
a) perfect circles
b) ellipses
c) parabolic shifts
d) blue shifting

Earth's day and night are caused by _______________.
a) Angle of light
b) Orbit
c) Revolution
d) Rotation

Earth's seasons are caused by ____________.
a) angle of light
b) rotation
c) distance from the sun
d) solar eclipses

Earth's axis is tilted approximately _________________ degrees.
a) 23.5
b) 365
c) 12
d) 45

The point between two objects where they balance each other is ____________.
a) eclipse
b) nutation
c) barycenter
d) precession

_________________ is the force exerted on the Earth by the moon and on the moon by the Earth.
a) precession
b) nutation
c) barycenter
d) gravity

________________ is the wobbling around the precessional axis, and is caused by the moon.
a) nutation
b) precession
c) gravity
d) revolution

According to Kepler what happens to a planet's speed as it gets closer to the Sun?
a) slows down
b) changes inertia reversal
c) speeds up
d) it is summer

What is the shape of the Milky Way Galaxy?
a) spiral
b) elliptical
c) irregular
d) globular

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