Astronomy Unit#-Planets

What Model is where the sun is the center of the universe?

• Geocentric
• Heliocentric
• Earth's rotations
• Earth's planets

Where is the center of the universe located?

• There is no center of the universe.

• At the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

• 14.5 billion light years away from Earth.

• In a large singularity near the Andromeda Galaxy.

  What does "geo-" mean?

• Earth
• sun
• Center

What two forces affect gravity?

• mass and inertia

• mass and distance

• mass and force

• mass and weight

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

What forces cause a planet to orbit?

• gravity and orbit
• gravity and inertia
• gravity and mass
• gravity and weight

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which planet has the greatest attraction to the sun?

• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars

When riding your bike and you brake suddenly, you keep going forward because of

• inertia
• gravity
• friction
• speed

What is this?

• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Earth
• Neptune

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is this?

• jupiter
• saturn
• uranus
• neptune

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What is this?

• jupiter
• saturn
• uranus
• neptune

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3