Which planet has the strongest gravitational Pull on smaller objects?

• Saturn

• Mercury

• Jupiter

• Pluto

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Which planet has the weakest gravitational pull on another object?

• Saturn

• Mercury

• Mars

• Neptune

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A student is making a model of the solar system. they choose a ball with the diameter of 12 cm to represent Saturn. According to the table, what size of ball would be the best choice to represent Neptune?

• 0.5 cm

• 1.2 cm

• 4.9 cm

• .6 cm

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A student is making a model of the solar system. they choose a ball with the diameter of 1.2 cm to represent Earth. According to the table, what size of ball would be the best choice to represent Venus?

• 12 cm

• .12 cm

• 1.2 cm

• 120 cm

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According to the table provided, why does Mercury have such a short year?

• The Sun is applying large amounts of gravity on the planet, which speeds it up.

• Mercury has a smaller diameter causing the planet to be more Aerodynamic.

• Mercury is so close to the Sun and has a short orbital path.

• Mercury rotates the Fastest, which increases it's revolution speed around the Sun.

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The Sun is the center of Our Solar System and creates a large amount of gravity. If we lost the Sun, what would happen to the planets that revolve around it?

• Travel in the same elliptical path

• Stop moving

• Travel in a straight line

• Reverse their direction

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This celestial object has a nickname "dirty snowball", nucleus, coma and orbits the Sun, what is it?

• Meteor

• Meteorite

• Asteroid

• Comet

What shape best describes the orbital path of the planets?

• Spherical

• Elliptical

• Squarish

• It varies there is no real shape.

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What movements are involved in the relationship between the Earth and Sun?

• The Sun rotates the Earth as it revolves to cause day and night.

• Sun revolves around the Earth as it rotates to cause day and night.

• The Earth rotate around the Sun as it revolves to cause day and night.

• The Earth revolves around the Sun as it rotates to cause day and night.

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Which of the following represent the four planets farthest way from the Sun.

• Smaller Planets

• Gas Giants

• Terrestrial planets

• all have 4 moons