Earth Science Solar System

The diagram below shows several objects in space. Which of the choices best identifies what the diagram shows?

• location of comets

• geocentric star system

• heliocentric solar system

• galaxy that is nearest to Earth

What is the distance from the Sun to the Earth called?

• Light year

• Astronauts meter

• Light meter

• Astronomical unit

Which is the largest object in our solar system?

• Sun

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Pluto

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What keeps the planets in orbit around the Sun?

• distance

• gravity

• shape

• light

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Where is the asteroid belt found?

• between earth and mars

• Between Uranus and Neptune

• Between Mercury and Venus

• Between Mars and Jupiter

A small object that appears as a streak of light as it enters earth's atmosphere.

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Moon

• Meteor

Put these planets in order from smallest to largest: Neptune, Earth, Mars, Jupiter

• Earth-> Mars->Neptune->Jupiter

• Jupiter->Neptune->Earth -> Mars

• Mars->Earth->Neptune->Jupiter

• Mars->Neptune->Earth->Jupiter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which scientist found that planetary orbits were elliptical?

• Galileo

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

• Kepler

Which of the following consists mostly of small bodies of ice located just beyond Neptune's orbit?

• the asteroid belt

• the Kuiper belt

• a meteor shower

• the Oort cloud

In which of the following parts of the solar system are most comets likely to be located?

• Oort cloud

• Kuiper belt

• crossing Earth's orbit

• in the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune