Week 15 Solar System

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6th Grade
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Ruth Monarrez
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Look at the picture of the solar system.
Which object is a gaseous giant?
W
X
Y
Z
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which event took place during the Copernican revolution, when most people started to believe in a heliocentric model of the solar system?
Aristotle developed his model of the solar system.
Copernicus rediscovered Aristarchus’s heliocentric model.
Kepler's laws of planetary motion.
Newton’s theories of gravity were dismissed and considered invalid.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which two gaseous giants did Renaissance scientists such as Galileo know about?
Jupiter and Saturn
Mars and Neptune
Neptune and Uranus
Uranus and Saturn
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
How did Kepler’s discoveries contribute to astronomy?
They supported the heliocentric model.
They established the laws of planetary motion.
They explained how the Sun rises and sets.
They made astronomy accessible to people who spoke Italian.
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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
In addition to proposing that planetary orbits are elliptical, what other modification did Kepler make to Copernicus’s model?
Planets closer to the Sun move faster.
Planets spin in an epicycle while orbiting Earth.
Venus has phases due to its orbiting of the Sun.
Earth’s rotation causes the rising and setting of the Sun.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
How did Kepler describe the planets’ orbits?
The planets’ orbits are circular.
The planets’ orbits are elliptical.
The planets and the Sun orbit Earth.
The planets have miniature orbits called epicycles.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
According to Kepler, which planet travels the fastest?
Earth
Jupiter
Mercury
Neptune
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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4
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