Solar System - Post Quiz

The average distance between the Earth and the Sun.

• prograde

• retrograde

• light year

• astronomical unit

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

These celestial objects are massive and orbit the sun but have not cleared the neighborhood around its orbit and is not a moon.

• stars

• terrestrial planets

• gas giants

• dwarf planets

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The very dense planets near to the sun.

• gas giant

• terrestrial planet

• light year

• astronomical unit

A planet composed mainly of hydrogen and helium

• gas giant

• terrestrial planet

• light year

• astronomical unit

Which of the following is NOT a Jovian Planet?

• Venus

• Saturn

• Neptune

• Uranus

These small rocky objects orbit the sun and are found between Jupiter & Mars.

• meteors

• comets

• asteroids

• planets

The path a planet takes around the sun.

• meteorite

• orbit

• gravity

• obituary

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The layer of gas surrounding many planets.

• orbit

• atmosphere

• gravity

• elliptical

During a solar eclipse which celestial body is “covered up”?

• Earth

• Moon

• Sun

• Mars

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The time it takes for a planet to spin on its axis.

• Period of rotation

• Period of revolution

• Period of a sentence

• Period of a year

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6