EPS SCI 9 FINAL SCRIPT 2026 EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE QUESTIONS ANSWERS COMPLETE A+

EPS SCI 9 FINAL SCRIPT 2026 EARTH AND
PLANETARY SCIENCE QUESTIONS
ANSWERS COMPLETE A+



◉ ______________ is credited with first suggesting that planets move in
elliptical orbits with the Sun as one of the foci, and planet sweeps
out equal areas in equal times.
Answer: Kepler


◉ Newton's law of gravitation is _______________.
Answer: f = G (mM)/(r^2)


◉ The largest of the asteroids in the asteroid belt is ________________.
Answer: Ceres


◉ The Kuiper belt is ________________.
Answer: composed of asteroids and comets beyond the orbit of
Neptune


◉ The Oort cloud is _______________.

, Answer: a spherical region surrounding the solar system from which
long-period comets derive


◉ said the universe was finite, gave us 10^x to better quantify the
universe
Answer: archimedes


◉ 3 laws of motion (isaac newton)
Answer: 1. objects in motion tend to stay in motion
2. acceleration depends on mass (f=ma)
3. for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction


◉ Ptolemy
Answer: epicycles


◉ Kelvin
Answer: secular cooling of the earth, Kelvin temperature system
based on motion


◉ James Hutton
Answer: Plate tectonics and uniformitarianism (present is the key to
the past)