Exploring Our Solar System

Exploring Our Solar System

7th Grade

10 Qs

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Exploring Our Solar System

Exploring Our Solar System

Assessment

Quiz

Science

7th Grade

Easy

NGSS
MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3, MS-PS2-4

Standards-aligned

Created by

Loree Cox

Used 3+ times

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a solar system?

A collection of galaxies held together by dark matter.

A collection of celestial bodies, including a central star, planets, moons, asteroids, and comets, held together by gravitational forces.

A group of stars that form a constellation.

A single planet orbiting a star.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the first step in the formation of a solar system?

The collision of two stars.

The collapse of a nebula.

The explosion of a supernova.

The formation of a black hole.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What forms after the collapse of a nebula in the solar system formation process?

A black hole.

A rotating protoplanetary disk.

A galaxy.

A constellation.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the solar system formation process, what does the central mass of the protoplanetary disk become?

A planet.

A moon.

A star.

An asteroid.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What role does accretion play in the formation of planets?

It causes planets to explode.

It helps smaller particles stick together to form larger bodies.

It prevents planets from forming.

It causes planets to move away from the star.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does gravity contribute to the organization of a solar system?

It pushes celestial bodies away from each other.

It holds celestial bodies together and influences their orbits.

It has no effect on celestial bodies.

It only affects the central star.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the main components of a solar system?

Only stars and black holes.

Planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and a central star.

Only planets and moons.

Only asteroids and comets.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

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