Solar System Flocab Quiz

In its orbit, Earth circles the sun once every year. This movement around the sun is called a(n) ________.

• rotation

• revolution

• astronomical unit

• satellite

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Rocks and pebbles that hit Earth's atmosphere and burn up are ________.

• meteors

• comets

• satellites

• keplers

Newton's Law of Inertia states that ________.

• invisible forces pull objects together based on their mass

• what goes up must come down

• an object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by another force

• the distance from Earth to the sun is one astronomical unit

The spinning of Earth on its axis is an example of its ________.

• newton

• gravity

• revolution

• rotation

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Kepler's Laws of Motion explain why ________.

• planets closer to the sun travel faster in their orbits than planets that are far away from the sun

• comets have long tails

• most meteors burn up in the atmosphere

• objects can move

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Earth rotates on an imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole. This line is called Earth's ________.

• equator

• axis

• pole line

• phase

The distance from Earth to the sun is 150 million kilometers (93 million miles). We call this distance ________.

• one astronomical unit

• escape velocity

• the Law of Inertia

• the Milky Way

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An object that orbits a planet is called a(n) ________.

• luna

• asteroid

• planetoid

• satellite

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The inner planets are ________.

• Neptune, Jupiter, Uranus and Saturn

• Ceres, Pluto, Eros and Europa

• Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars

• everything in the Kuiper Belt and the Milky Way

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Tides on Earth are controlled by ________.

• friction

• the gravity of the moon

• meteoroids, comets, asteroids

• Earth's density

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