Test Tuesday - Exploring our Universe Review

True or False: As the solar system cooled and developed, larger bodies were pushed away from its center by gravity.

• True

• False

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True or False: The Moon orbits around the Sun.

• True

• False

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He believed in a heliocentric, sun-centered, organization of the solar system (1473-1543).

• Johannes Kepler

• Nicolas Copernicus

German astronomer who first stated laws of planetary motion.

• Nicholas Copernicus

• Johannes Kepler

What is the name of the process by which two or more small nuclei fuse to make a bigger nucleus?

• Gravity

• Nuclear fusion

• Atomic nuclei

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A ball of hot gas, primarily hydrogen and helium that undergoes nuclear fusion is a _____________. 

• star

• comet

• force

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

What is the name of the space station that is in low Earth orbit and has astronauts from around the world?

• The Hubble Telescope

• Titan

• The International Space Station

Which does NOT affect how strongly the Sun pulls on an object in space.

• the mass of the object

• how far the object is away from the Sun

• the fact that the Sun is made of a mixture of gases

Two of the inner planets are _____.

• Venus and Saturn

• Mars and Venus

• Mercury and Jupiter

The order of the inner planets outward from the Sun is ____.

• Mercury, Earth, Venus, and Mars

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

• Mars, Venus, Earth, and Mercury