The Solar System TEST

What force keeps planets in orbit around the Sun?

• friction

• gravity

• electricity

• magnets

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

The predictable pattern that all celestial bodies in our solar system move in is known as –

• An orbit

• A ring

• An ellipse

• A circle

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Orbit

• The attraction between two objects due to the invisible force of gravity

• A curved path followed by a satellite as it revolves around an object

• The sun and group of planets are held by this system’s gravitational attraction and revolve around it

• A large grouping of stars in space

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Our solar system belongs to which galaxy?

• Milky Way

• Black Hole

• Andromeda

• Nebular

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which of the following is not an object you would find within our solar system?

• A black hole

• Moons

• Planets

• Asteroids

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Galaxy

• A large grouping of stars in space

• Large and small rocks or metallic masses orbiting the Sun; made up of materials similar to that which formed the planets

• Any of the eight large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the Sun

• The attraction between two objects due to the invisible force of gravity; the gravitational pull from the Moon is primarily responsible for the tides that form on Earth.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The eight large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the Sun

• Asteroids

• Galaxy

• Planets

• Gravitational pull

Gravity is responsible for which of the following characteristics of a galaxy?

• Its location within the universe

• The color of light it emits

• The size of its largest stars

• The motion of objects within it

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Asteroids

• A curved path followed by a satellite as it revolves around an object

• A large grouping of stars in space

• Large and small rocks or metallic masses orbiting the Sun; made up of materials similar to that which formed the planets

• Any of the eight large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The attraction between two objects due to the invisible force of gravity; this attractions pull from the Moon is primarily responsible for the tides that form on Earth.

• Planets

• Orbit

• Gravitational pull

• Galaxy

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4