Here's the matching of the key ideas/scientists/terms of orbital motion with their correct descriptions:
- Geocentricism - Ptolemy, and others, idea that suggests the Earth is at the center of the universe and all other planets orbit it.
- Orbit - The Earth moves in a(n) _____ or path around the Sun.
- Orbital period - The moon takes 278 days to encircle the Earth. This amount of time is known as its _____.
- Gravity - What keeps our feet planted solidly on Planet Earth.
- Heliocentricism - Copernicus' model that the Sun is at the center of the Universe.
- Galileo - The scientist whose invention of the telescope helped to support Heliocentricism.
- Brahe - Kepler's boss and mentor who collected a large amount of astronomical data used by later astronomers.
- Newton - Scientist who coined the Universal Law of Gravitation.
- Kepler's 2nd Law - Another name for "The Law of Areas" where two parts of an orbit move in the same times and sweep out equal areas.
- Inertia - While the Earth is locked into orbit with the Sun's gravity, it continues moving forward due to ______.
- Kepler's 1st Law - The planet moves in ellipses with the Sun at one of the Foci.
- Perihelion - Area of orbit closest to the Sun, and moves fastest, is called the _____.
- Aphelion - The area of orbit farthest from the Sun, and moves slowest, is called the ____.
- Kepler's 3rd Law - The Earth's distance from the Sun and orbital periods are proportional to that of Jupiter's, due to _____.
- Mass - According to Newton, Force increases when the ____ of an object increases.
This should help you understand the key concepts and their descriptions in the context of orbital motion!