The Solar System and Gravity

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8th Grade
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Kristy Zalud
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following best describes the formation of the solar system?
The Sun ejected rocky material, which later went on to form the planets.
A rotating disk of gas and dust was drawn together by the force of gravity.
One very large planetary body broke apart into several smaller planets.
Several stars of different masses cooled and formed the planets and the Sun.
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What would happen to Earth if the Sun's gravity disappeared?
Earth would rotate at the same speed, but in the opposite direction.
Earth would continue in the same orbit around the Sun, at the same speed.
Earth would stop orbiting the Sun and begin moving in a straight line.
Earth would continue in the same orbit around the Sun, but begin to slow down.
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2
NGSS.MS-PS2-4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following aspects of the solar system contributes most to the motion of the planets?
Friction with the atmosphere
Magnetic field around the planets
Gravitational attraction of the Sun
Radiation from nearby stars
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why are planets round?
Gravity
Thermal Energy
Magnetism
Chemical reactions
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2
NGSS.MS-PS2-4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which arrangement of model planets represents the greatest gravitational attraction?
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NGSS.MS-PS2-4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which planetary bodies are made mainly of gases and no solid surface, including Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
gaseous planet
rocky planet
dwarf planet
retrograde planet
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the force of gravity between two objects like Earth and the Sun or the Earth and the moon called?
gravitational pull
force of attraction
repulsion
magnetic force
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NGSS.MS-PS2-4
NGSS.MS-PS2-5
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