Astronomy Pre-test

There are __ recognized planets in our solar system.

• 7

• 8

• 9

• 10

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Where is the largest volcano in the solar system?

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

• Jupiter

Which planet is tilted on its side?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

Which is the hottest planet in the solar system?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Which planet has a very low density, and would actually float on top of water?

• Neptune

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

The Milky Way Galaxy is a(n) ________ galaxy.

• spiral

• elliptical

• irregular

• round

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

This person first outlined the "laws of gravity."

• Ben Franklin

• Albert Einstein

• Isaac Newton

• Galileo Galilei

What is an astronomical unit?

• How fast a planet orbits

• The distance between the Earth and the sun

• 200 billion kilometers

• The distance between each planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

By what process does the sun produce energy?

• burning fuel

• Nuclear Fusion

• Chemical repulsion

• Nuclear Fission

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

What is our solar system surrounded by?

• Kuiper belt

• Asteroid belt

• Milky way

• Exo-planets