Astronomy units 1&2 review

Our solar system is located in which galaxy?

• Milky Way

• Alpha

• Pegasus Way

• Starlord

Which planet is very similar to Earth?

• Neptune

• Mercury

• Mars

• Venus

Which planet is the largest?

• Mars

• Mercury

• Neptune

• Jupiter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

According to the Big Bang, how was the universe formed?

• Universe began as a massive sphere of matter and energy

• Universe began as a complete limitless void without any matter or energy

• Universe originated as a system of galaxies

• Universe originated as a point where all matter was concentrated in a very small area.

Largest to smallest

• universe, galaxy, solar system, star, planet

• planet, star, solar system, galaxy, universe

• galaxy, universe, star, planet, solar system

• universe, star, solar system, galaxy, planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Correctly compare the two viewpoints

• geocentric model explains the motion of the planets better than the heliocentric model

• heliocentric model explains the motion of the planets better than the geocentric model

• geocentric model explains the origin of the moon and the heliocentric model explains the motion of the planets

• heliocentric model explains the origin of the moon and the geocentric model explains the motion of the planets

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Differences between saturn and earth

• saturn is small and earth is big

• saturn is closer to the Sun than earth

• earth has a moon while saturn does not have any

• earth is made of rock, saturn is made of gas

Characteristic of a gas planet

• gas planets are denser than Mars

• gas planets have the same density as Earth

• gas planets are less dense than Mercury

• gas planets are more dense than Venus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars

• all made of gas

• all made of rock

• move around the Sun at the same speed

• move around the Sun at the same distance

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• all made of gas

• all made of rock

• move at the same speed around the Sun

• travel around the Sun at the same distance