Gravity and the Solar System

What is Orbit ?

• The path of a planet around a large body

• A cloud of gas and dust

• The amount of attraction between two objects

• The rotation of a object at increasing speed and flattened into a disk

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What planets are known as gas giants ?

• Mars, Jupiter, Pluto, Venus

• Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Mercury

• Uranus, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune

• Earth, Mercury, Mars, Venus

What are terrestrial planets ?

• Planets that have rocky or metallic cores and deep atmospheres of gas and ice

• Planets that are closest to the sun

• Planets with life

• Planets that have water

What type of star is the sun ?

• Supergiant star

• Blue Giant star

• Yellow Dwarf star

• Neutron star

The sun is composed mostly of what element ?

• Iron

• Helium

• Oxygen

• Hydrogen

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

How old is the sun

• 40 million years

• 4 billion years

• 4.5 billion years

• 500 million years

• 1 trillion years

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

What is the process plants use to capture the sun's light ?

• Nuclear fusion

• Radiation

• Photosynthesis

• Biomass energy

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What protects us from the Earth's rays ?

• Atmosphere

• Ozone layer

• Thermosphere

• Exosphere

What are gas giants ?

• The inner parts of the protoplanetary disk

• The planets that are closest to the sun

• The planets with life

• Planets that have metallic cores and a deep atmosphere of gas and ice

How many planets are in the solar system ?

• 9

• 8

• 7

• 6