Components of the Solar System

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8th Grade
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Joseph Steven
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1.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The terrestrial planets include(s):
Mercury
Jupiter
Saturn
Venus
Mars
2.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify which components (check all that apply) are accurate for the geocentric solar system model (prior 1700s)
The sun orbits Earth
The moon orbits Earth
Planets are closer than stars
Orbits and epicycles are Circular
Saturn is farther away from Earth than Jupiter
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Early astronomers thought that all objects in space orbited Earth. What is the name for this early model of the solar system?
Copernican model
heliocentric model
geocentric model
Keplerian model
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did the bits of dust and gas that eventually formed the solar system behave while falling into orbit around each other?
They collided and went spiraling in opposite directions.
They expanded as they were pulled farther apart and eventually cooled.
They created new gases that caused them to cool after interacting with each other.
They ran into each other and stuck together due to gravitational and other forces.
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2
NGSS.MS-PS2-4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What hypothesis do scientists have about the direction of Venus and Uranus's rotation?
Both planets may have been hit by objects that caused their rotation to change.
Their positions in the solar system caused a shift in their gravitational forces.
Both planets may have made contact early in the formation of the solar system.
The planets cores may have caused their weight to shift toward a clockwise direction.
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2
NGSS.MS-PS2-4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The diagram represents planets A and B, of equal mass, revolving around a star.
Compared to planet A, planet B has a
weaker gravitational attraction to the star and a shorter period of revolution
weaker gravitational attraction to the star and a longer period of revolution
stronger gravitational attraction to the star and a shorter period of revolution
stronger gravitational attraction to the star and a longer period of revolution
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2
NGSS.MS-PS2-4
NGSS.MS-PS2-5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Sun formed when the dense concentration of gas and dust at the center of a rotating disk reached a temperature and pressure high enough to fuse hydrogen into
carbon
lava
helium
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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1
NGSS.HS-PS1-8
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