TEK 6.11B - Solar System & Gravity (Part 2)

What is the force responsible for pulling objects toward each other?

• orbit

• force

• gravity

• inertia

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

What do you call a curved path followed by a satellite as is revolves around another object?

• gravity

• orbit

• force

• inertia

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which statement is true about this image?

• Earth is revolving around the Sun

• Sun is revolving around the Earth

• Earth is rotating around the Sun

• Sun is rotating around the Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What is the most massive object the planets orbit in our solar system?

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Earth

• the Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What is the role of gravity in maintaining our solar system?

• keeps the planets in orbit around the sun

• protects the planets from solar winds

• supplies energy for the planets

• holds objects on the planets

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which planet has the most gravitational force?

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Saturn

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What force attracts a body toward the center of another physical body having mass?

• gravitropism

• gravity

• astrobiology

• none of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

What causes all of the planets in the solar system to orbit around the Sun?

• the Sun's magnetic field pulls on all of the planets due to the metal core of each planet

• the massive size and mass of the Sun creates an extremely strong gravitational force that holds all planets in orbit

• the planets orbit the Sun due to its very fast rotational speed causing the gravitational effect

• none of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

True or False? The closer an object is to another the stronger the gravitational force.

• True

• False

• Not enough information to answer the question

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4