Universe Test

The greater an object's mass, the greater its

• Orbit

• gravitational pull

• distance

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which object has the greatest gravitational pull in the solar system?

• the Earth

• The Sun

• The Moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

As the _________ increases between two objects, the gravitational pull decreases.

• Satellite

• Orbit

• Distance

Earth and its solar system are part of the _______ galaxy.

• Andromeda

• Milky Way

• Irregular

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The distance light can travel in one year is ______________

• 15,000 kilometers

• 1 light-year

• 15 Astronomical Units

• 6,000 miles

Maps and models are draw to scale because

• We like to create decorative things

• So that they are the right size to study them

• We don't we leave things regular size

Select the correct order in size from smallest to biggest

• Earth, Moon, Galactic Center, Sun

• Moon, Earth, Sun, Galactic Center

• Sun, Moon, Galactic Center, Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Most scientists believe the Big Bang Theory explains which of the following questions?

• How our planets and moons formed

• How our universe began

• How the sun turns hydrogen into helium

• How fast light travels through space

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

The sun and everything that revolves around it.

• solar system
• galaxy
• universe
• rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Space and all the matter and energy in it. 

• Clusters
• Universe
• voids
• Light Year

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2