Celestial Objects and Gravity

Gravity causes planets and other space objects to revolve around the sun?

• True

• False

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The 8 planets in order from nearest to farthest from the sun are; Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

• True

• False

A planet's weight is responsible for the planets staying in their orbit.

• True

• False

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The farther a planet is from the sun the longer it takes to orbit.

• True

• False

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Which is responsible for the planets staying in their orbit?

• Gravitational force between the planets and the Sun

• Empty space between the stars

• Weight of the planets

• Density of the planets

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The Sun is the center of our Solar System, and creates a large amount of gravitational force. If this system lost the Sun, what would happen to the planets?

• The planets would explode

• The planets would travel in a straight line

• The planets would stop moving

• The planets would continue on their same path.

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If a small rocky particle from space enters Earth's atmosphere and strikes the ground before completely burning up, it is most accurately called which of the following?

• meteoroid

• meteor

• meteorite

• impact crater

What celestial body is the center of our solar system, around which every object orbits?

• Earth

• The Sun

• Jupiter

• The asteroid belt

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Which of the following planets could be accurately described as rocky, terrestrial, and relatively close to the Sun?

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Mars

• Saturn

1. Why do planets orbit the Sun?

• The Sun is the only celestial object that has a gravitational pull

• The Sun's chemical composition makes it attract planets

• Only celestial bodies that emit light, like the Sun, can be at the center of an orbit

• The Sun is the most massive object in our solar system, so it exerts the greatest

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