The Universe, Galaxies, and our Solar System Quiz

The matter in an object, which affects gravitational forces

• Gravitational force

• Force

• Mass

• Weight

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What affects the strength of gravity

• Weight and Mass

• Mass and Distance

• Distance and Weight

• Mass and Force

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Why do the planets and other celestial objects in our solar system revolve around the Sun?

• The Sun has the greatest mass of any object in the solar system and therefore the greatest gravity

• The Sun is the center of the universe

• The Sun is the brightest thing in space and everything is attracted to it.

• The Sun has the greatest weight so everything pushes towards it

The force of gravity on Mars is less than on Earth. If you landed on Mars, what happens to your mass and weight?

• The mass decreases while the weight stays the same.

• The mass stays the same while the weight increases.

• The mass increases while the weight decreases.

• The mass stays the same while the weight decreases.

Which piece of evidence best supports this statement: Gravity is felt between objects across a distance.

• Heavier objects have less gravity acting on them.

• An object at rest on the ground doesn’t respond to gravity.

• The Moon orbits Earth due to a gravitational field.

• Objects float freely in space where there is no gravity.

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Gravity is responsible for which of the following characteristics of a galaxy?

• The motion of the objects within it

• The size of its largest stars

• Its location within the universe

• The color of light it emits

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Which of the following best describes the formation of the solar system?

• The Sun ejected rocky material which formed the planets due to magnetic attraction forces.

• A rotating disk of gas and dust was drawn together by the force of gravity.

• One very large planetary body broke apart into several smaller planets.

• Several stars of different masses cooled and formed the planets and the Sun.

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Earth and its solar system are a part of which of the following galaxies?

• Three Musketeers

• Snickers

• Twix

• Milky Way

Which of the following has the

strongest gravitational pull?

• Earth

• Sun

• Moon

• Mars

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Most scientists believe the Big Bang Theory explains which of the following questions?

• How our planets and moons formed

• How our universe began

• How the sun turns hydrogen into helium

• How fast light travels through space

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