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Gravity and the Solar System

Authored by Ashantee Hyman

Science

6th - 8th Grade

NGSS covered

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Gravity and the Solar System
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • Ungraded

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The solar system consists of the sun and a collection of objects, including planets, their moons, and asteroids that are held in orbit around the sun by its gravitational pull on them.

Heavier objects (really, more massive ones) produce a bigger gravitational pull than lighter ones, so as the heavyweight in our solar system, the Sun exerts the strongest gravitational pull. The Sun's gravity pulls on the planets, just as Earth's gravity pulls down anything that is not held up by some other force and keeps you and me on the ground.

I don't get it.

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is the biggest OBJECT in our solar system?

Jupiter

Asteroid Belt

Sun

Neptune

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3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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You would weigh the least on _______________ because they are the smallest (least massive) planets and they have the smallest ) gravitational pull.

Mercury and Mars

Venus and Jupiter

Earth and Uranus

Saturn and Pluto

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A person on Mars' surface would experience a(n) _______ gravitational force compared to on Earth.

weaker, because Mars is further from the Sun.

weaker, because Mars has less mass than the Earth.

equal, because both planets orbit the Sun.

stronger, because Mars' surface is closer to its core.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Objects (or planets) with MORE mass have __________ gravitational pull.

MORE

LESS

EQUAL

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Objects (or planets) with LESS mass have __________ gravitational pull.

MORE

LESS

EQUAL

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

As the distance between objects decreases, gravity __________. This means the the closer you are to Earth, the more gravity is pulling on you.

increases

decreases

stays the same

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