Unit 2 The Solar System

What does the term "Heliocentric" mean?

• Earth-centered

• Moon-centered

• Sun-centered

• Star-centered

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is described by the term "Geocentric"?

• Describes something that uses the Sun as the reference point.

• Describes something that uses the Moon as the reference point.

• Describes something that uses Earth as the reference point.

• Describes something that uses Mars as the reference point.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is "Parallax"?

• The apparent shift in the position of an object when viewed from different locations.

• The force of attraction between objects due to their masses.

• The path that a body follows as it travels around another body.

• The study of the universe beyond Earth's atmosphere.

What is "Gravity"?

• The path that a body follows as it travels around another body.

• A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses.

• The study of the universe beyond Earth's atmosphere.

• The apparent shift in the position of an object when viewed from different locations.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

What is an "Orbit"?

• The study of the universe beyond Earth's atmosphere.

• A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses.

• The path that a body follows as it travels around another body.

• The apparent shift in the position of an object when viewed from different locations.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is the term for the point in a planet's orbit that is furthest from the sun?

• Perihelion

• Aphelion

• Centripetal Force

• Solar Nebula

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What is the term for the point in a planet's orbit that is nearest to the sun?

• Aphelion

• Centripetal Force

• Perihelion

• Solar Flare

What is the force that causes an object to move in a circle?

• Solar Flare

• Centripetal Force

• Nuclear Fusion

• Prominence

What is a large cloud of gas and dust, such as the one that formed our solar system, called?

• Planetesimal

• Solar Flare

• Solar Nebula

• Sunspot

What is a small body from which a planet originated in the early stages of development of the solar system called?

• Planetesimal

• Prominence

• Sunspot

• Aphelion