Geography

Question

13) The diagram below represents our solar system.

COMET ,

NEPTUNE

PLUTO

*R SATURN

EARTH

NUS

QUI

Asteroid

Belt

URY

JUPITER'

CURAÑUS

(not drawn to scale)

This system is best classified as

A) heliocentric, with circular orbits

B) geocentric, with elliptical orbits

C) geocentric, with circular orbits

D) heliocentric, with elliptical orbit

Answer

D) heliocentric, with elliptical orbit

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The diagram represents a heliocentric system, meaning that the sun is at the center of the system. Additionally, the orbits of the planets are...