Space and Earth Test 11/21-22

Put the Terrestrial Planets in order.

• Mars

• Venus

• Earth

• Mercury

What is the location of Mercury in the solar system?

• A) Closest planet to the Sun

• B) Second planet from the Sun

• C) Third planet from the Sun

• D) Fourth planet from the Sun

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What makes Uranus and Neptune appear blue?

• The presence of methane in its atmosphere

• The reflection of Earth's oceans

• The presence of water vapor

• The planet's rapid rotation

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Where is the Asteroid Belt located?

• Between Mars and Jupiter

• Past Neptune

• In the farthest part of our Solar System

• Between the Sun and Mercury

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Match the following

• Beyond Neptune's orbit

• Inner Planets

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

• Asteroid Belt

• sphere shaped cloud around solar system

• Kuiper Belt

• Region between Mars and Jupiter

• Oort Cloud

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

• Gas Giants

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Gravity is the force of attraction between objects due to their _______.

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The more ​ (a)   and object has, the more​ (b)   it has. As distance ​ (c)   , the force of gravity between 2 objects quickly​ (d)   .

• mass
• gravitational pull
• increases
• decreases
• less
• more

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Will the amount of matter or mass be different on the moon versus the Earth? Why?

• Yes, because the moon and Earth have the same gravity.

• No, because you cannot change the amount of space or matter something takes up.

What is inertia?

• the tendency of an object to resist change in its state of motion

• objects in space, such as the sun, moon and comets

• the amount of matter in an object

• average kinetic energy of all the particles in a material

What is the measurement of the gravitational pull on an object?