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What is the main difference between Aristotelian natural motion and violent motion?
What is the main difference between Aristotelian natural motion and violent motion?
Who is credited with discovering the laws of gravity and the three laws of motion?
Who is credited with discovering the laws of gravity and the three laws of motion?
What is the relationship between force and mass according to Newton's Second Law?
What is the relationship between force and mass according to Newton's Second Law?
What is the tendency of an object to resist changes called?
What is the tendency of an object to resist changes called?
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What is the result of doubling the mass of an object according to Newton's Second Law?
What is the result of doubling the mass of an object according to Newton's Second Law?
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What is the name of the law that states an object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion?
What is the name of the law that states an object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion?
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What is the purpose of deceleration in physics?
What is the purpose of deceleration in physics?
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What is the Celestial Sphere in ancient astronomy?
What is the Celestial Sphere in ancient astronomy?
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What is the path that the Sun appears to take around the Celestial Sphere?
What is the path that the Sun appears to take around the Celestial Sphere?
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What is the point where the Sun is at its northernmost position above the Celestial Equator?
What is the point where the Sun is at its northernmost position above the Celestial Equator?
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What is the view of the universe that considers the Earth as the center?
What is the view of the universe that considers the Earth as the center?
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Who contributed to astronomy by using mathematics to describe the universe?
Who contributed to astronomy by using mathematics to describe the universe?
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Who is credited with the discovery of a supernova explosion, proving that stars are not eternal?
Who is credited with the discovery of a supernova explosion, proving that stars are not eternal?
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Which of the following models considers the Sun as the center of the universe?
Which of the following models considers the Sun as the center of the universe?
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What is the term for the apparent change in the movement of a planet through the sky?
What is the term for the apparent change in the movement of a planet through the sky?
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Who added a Prime Mover to the celestial sphere of Eudoxus?
Who added a Prime Mover to the celestial sphere of Eudoxus?
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What is the significance of the equant in Ptolemy's model?
What is the significance of the equant in Ptolemy's model?
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What did Galileo Galilei observe on the surface of the Sun?
What did Galileo Galilei observe on the surface of the Sun?
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