Our Solar System

Our Solar System

9th - 12th Grade

51 Qs

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Our Solar System

Our Solar System

Assessment

Quiz

Science

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3, MS-ESS1-1

+7

Standards-aligned

Created by

Charles Martinez

FREE Resource

51 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What can be thought of as "all the stuff held sway by the Sun’s gravity"?
the Milky Way Galaxy
our local group
the Solar System
the inner planets

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What percentage of the mass of the entire solar system is due to the Sun?
27%
54%
77%
98%

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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After the Sun, what is the next most massive object in the Solar System?
the Earth
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which ancient culture knew the Earth was a sphere, and had even measured its size?
ancient Greeks
ancient Romans
ancient Egyptians
ancient Mayans

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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In 1543, who published their work proposing a Sun-centered model of the universe?
Ptolemy
Copernicus
Kepler
Brahe

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Who's astronomical observations were an essential contribution to Kepler's model?
Claudius Ptolemy
Nicolaus Copernicus
Tycho Brahe
Isaac Newton

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Who realized the planets moved around the Sun in ellipses, not circles?
Claudius Ptolemy
Nicolaus Copernicus
Tycho Brahe
Johannes Kepler

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

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