Unit 4.1 Explore 1 Concept Quiz

Our __________________ is made up of the planets and their moons all in orbit around the Sun.

• galaxy

• milky way

• solar system

• universe

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What is the gas that the sun uses during fusion?

• nitrogen

• oxygen

• hydrogen

• methane

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What is an event that may cause a nebular cloud to collapse under its own gravity?

• supernova

• nuclear bomb

• an eclipse

• fusion

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What part of our solar system has the most material (or mass)?

• planets

• asteroids

• sun

• comets

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What is the coming together of matter under the influence of gravitation to form larger bodies.

• clumping

• colliding

• revolving

• accretion

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What are the two factors (or reasons) for the strength of gravity between two objects?

• size and shape

• mass and distance

• color and mass

• distance and size

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About how many tons of dust from space is pulled to Earth each day?

• 30

• 60

• 360

• 574

What is the name given to the sun and the eight planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and other objects that orbit the sun?

• Universe

• Galaxy

• Solar system

• Mr. Eiser’s home base

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What is the name of the theory that most scientists believe describes how the solar system was formed?

• theory of relativity

• nebular theory

• the law of gravity

• the rotating disk theory

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The Sun contains about __________% of all the material in our solar system.

• 365

• 60

• 78.9

• 99.8

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