Planets Orbit the Sun Gravity Middle School

Two factors effecting the strength of gravity between 2 objects are...

• weight and mass

• distance and weight

• mass and matter

• mass and distance

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A(n) _____ is the curved path of an object around a point/object in space.

• orbit

• rotation

• revolution

• phase

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What prevents planets from drifting off into space and keeps it in the planets in our Solar System?

• Gravity

• Weight

• Friction

• Forward Motion

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What prevents planets from pulled into and crash into the Sun?

• Gravity

• Weight

• Friction

• Inertia (Forward Motion)

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which of the following is required for planets to stay in orbit around the Sun? (choose all that apply)

• Gravity

• Weight

• Friction

• Inertia (Forward Motion)

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

__________holds all of the planets in orbit around the sun.

• Force
• Motion
• Weight
• Gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What are three things all planets have in common?

• they are spherical, they have at least one moon and they have gravity
• Orbit the sun, massive enough that their gravity controls all objects in the area and they are spherical
• they have at least one moon, they are spherical and they were made by accretion
• they are spherical, they orbit the sun and they have living organisms 

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What is true about the distance between a planet and the sun and the planet’s revolution around the Sun?

• The closer the planet is to the sun, the slower it orbits.

• The farther the planet is to the sun, the faster it orbits.

• The farther the planet is to the sun, the brighter the sun is.

• The closer the planet is to the sun, the faster it orbits.

A planet with a large orbit has...

• a short day

• a long day

• a long year

• a short year

A planet with a short orbit has...

• a short day

• a long day

• a long year

• a short year