Solar System Test Prep

What is the currently accepted model of solar system?

• Geocentric

• Heliocentric

Which object in our solar system has the strongest gravitational pull? Type in ONE WORD.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Why didn't the asteroids in the asteroid belt become their own planet?

• Mars' moons are in the way

• Jupiter's gravitational pull is tugging on them

• The sun's gravitational pull was too strong to let them make a planet

• The asteroids are moving too fast to make a planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Choose all correct answers that describe the planets past the asteroid belt

• They are the rocky planets

• They are the gas giants

• They are the smallest planets

• They are the largest planets

• They are the 4 warmest planets

The image shows a plane and a planet in a transit across the sun.  Which planets could this be?  Select all that are true.

• Mercury

• Venus

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Saturn

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which statements below are true about the planet Venus? Select all that apply!

• Gas Giant

• Rocky Planet

• Thick atmopshere

• Very hot, even at night

• We have 4 active probes studying the surface

Which statements about this animation are correct. Choose all that apply!

• This models a planet's rotation

• This models a planet's revolution

• Each full spin is one day on the planet

• Each full spin is one year on the planet

• Jupiter has the fastest spin

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What does this animation model? Select all correct answers.

• Planet revolutions

• Each planet's gravitational pull

• One full orbit is one day on the planet

• One full orbit is one year on the planet

• The farther the planet, the slower it orbits

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

In the time it takes Earth to go around the sun, how many revolutions has Mars made?

• 4.1

• 1.6

• 0.53

• 1.88

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is the object that has an irregular orbit, coming from way out in Kuiper Belt? (best known for its tail!)

• moon

• dwarf planet

• Asteroid

• comet