Solar System Quiz

As the solar system cooled and developed, larger bodies were pushed away from its center by gravity.

• True

• False

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The Moon orbits around the Sun.

• True

• False

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Who believed in a heliocentric, sun-centered, organization of the solar system during the years 1473-1543?

• Nicholas Copernicus

• Johannes Kepler

• Galileo Galilei

• Thor

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Who was the German astronomer who first stated the laws of planetary motion between 1571 and 1630?

• Nicholas Copernicus

• Johannes Kepler

• Galileo Galilei

• William Herschel

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What is the name of the process by which two or more small nuclei fuse to make a bigger nucleus?

• Nuclear fusion

• Gravity

• Atomic nuclei

• Dwarf planets

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A ball of hot gas, primarily hydrogen and helium, that undergoes nuclear fusion is called a?

• star

• comet

• nebulae

• force

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What is the name of the space station that is in low Earth orbit and has astronauts from around the world?

• The Hubble Telescope

• Titan

• The International Space Station

• Skylab

Which does NOT have an effect on how strongly the Sun pulls on an object in space?

• the mass of the object

• how far the object is away from the Sun

• the fact that the Sun is made of a mixture of gases

• the mass of the Sun

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Two of the inner planets are ____.

• Venus and Saturn

• Mars and Venus

• Earth and Pluto

• Mercury and Jupiter

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The order of the inner planets outward from the Sun is ____.

• Mercury, Earth, Venus, and Mars

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

• Mars, Venus, Earth, and Mercury

• Earth, Venus, Mars, and Mercury