6.11ABC Space Test Review

What controls the movement of comets, asteroids, and planets within our solar system?

• Their composition (what they're made of)
• Gravitational attraction
• Magnetic forces between them
• How the Big Bang created the universe

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Why doesn't the Earth in motion keep moving in a straight line?

• Because no unbalanced forces act on it
• The Sun's gravitational force

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The Earth is a - 

• planet
• supernova
• star
• comet

The sun and all of the planets and other bodies that travel around it. 

• Universe 
• Galaxy 
• Star
• Solar System 

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As the mass of an object increases, the pull of gravity will...

• Increases

• Decreases

• Stays the same

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What is the closet planet to the sun?  

• Mercury is the closet planet to the sun
• Mars is the closest planet to the sun.
• Earth is the closet planet to the sun.
• Venus is the closet planet to the sun. 

Which planet is the hottest planet in the solar system?  

• Mercury is the hottest planet in the solar system.
• Mars is the hottest planet in the solar system. 
• Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system.  
• Jupiter is the hottest planet in the solar system.

Which planet is the furthest from the sun?

• Uranus is the planet furthest from the sun.
• Saturn is the planet furthest from the sun.
• Neptune is the planet furthest from the sun.
• Jupiter is the planet furthest planet from the sun.

What two planets  DO NOT have any moons?

• Neptune and Jupiter DO NOT have any moons.
• Mercury and Venus DO NOT have any moons.
• Saturn and Uranus DO NOT have any moons.
• Earth and Mars DO NOT have any moons.

Which planet orbits the sun on its side?  

• Saturn is the planet that orbits the sun on its side.
• Neptune is the planet that orbits the sun on its side.
• Uranus is the planet that orbits the sun on its side.
• Mars is the planet that orbits the sun on its side.