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The Planets/solar System Worksheet

Name

Date

Class

The Planets

WORKSHEET

Solar System

Directions: Answer the following questions on the lines provided.

1. Name the two models of the solar system and explain the difference between them.

Historical vs present (see pg. 71 _____________________________________________________

)

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2. State what scientists hypothesize regarding the formation of the Sun and the planets.

(see pg. 72–73 _____________________________________________________________________

)

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Directions: In the chart below, list the discoveries about the solar system made by each scientist.

Heliocentric Model or

3. Copernicus

Proved the Heliocentic Model and

4. Galileo

5. Kepler

Time/Space Continuium, how stars are powered by fusion

6. Einstein

and the fight with gravity, how gravity bends light

2013 Book J Astronomy

Glencoe McGraw-Hill

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The Planets/solar System Worksheet