The Solar System

Which of the planets listed is the gaseous planet which is closest to the Sun?

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Saturn

• Uranus

Which of the following objects are described as orbiting the Sun?

1. Asteroids 2. Comets 3. Galaxies 4. Moons

• 1 and 2 only

• 1,2 and 3

• 1, 2 and 4

• 1, 2, 3 and 4

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Whaat creates the periodic nature of the seasons?

• The tilting of the Earth's axis

• The orbiting of the Earth around the Sun

• The combination of the orbiting of the Earth around the Sun and the Earth's tilting axis

• The change in temperature of the Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

Which of the following statements about orbits is true?

• All planets, minor planets and comets have elliptical orbits.

• The Sun is at the centre of an elliptical orbit.

• Only comets and minor planets have elliptical orbits.

• An object in an elliptical orbit has a constant orbital radius.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The orbit of the Earth around the Sun can be thought of as following a circular path with a circumference of 942 x 10^6 km. What is the approximate orbital speed of the Earth?

• 10 000 km/ h

• 100 000 km/ h

• 2.5 x 10^6 km/ h

• 50 x 10^6 km/ h

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Comets travel faster within the Solar System than they do when they are outside it? Which is the correct reason for this?

• A comet near to the Sun has more gravitational potential energy

• Comets closer to the Sun transfer gravitational potential energy to kinetic energy due to conservation of energy

• A comet which is outside the Solar System has less energy than one which passing through it

• Comets closer to the Sun transfer kinetic energy to gravitational potential energy due to conservation of energy

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

The radius of Jupiter's orbit is 778 x 10^6 km. What is the time taken for light from the Sun to reach the surface of Jupiter?

The speed of light c = 3 x 10^8 m/s.

• 2600 ms

• 2600 s

• 0.39 s

• 3.9 x 10^-4 s

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3