Solar System and Orbital Motion Review

Why do we have seasons?

• It rotates on its axis as it revolves around the sun

• It gets closer and farther from the sun

• The tilt of the Earth's axis as it revolves around the sun

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Why do we have night and day?

• The Earth REVOLVES around the sun.

• The Earth ROTATES on it's axis

• The Earth ROTATES around the sun

• The Earth REVOLVES around it's axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Things stay in orbit because of...

• Velocity and Inertia

• Inertia and gravity

• The Sun's gravity

• The pull of all the planets

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

True or false, planets give off their own light.

• True

• False

Celestial bodies made of frozen ice, rock and dust

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Comet

• Meteorite

Irregular celestial bodies made of rock and metal, usually found between Mars and Jupiter

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Comet

• Meteorite

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What natural satellites would you find orbiting around a planet?

• satellites

• moons

• comets

• meteorites

What is the order of the INNER planets from closest to farthest from the sun?

• Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn

• Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Which planets have more moons and rings?

• Inner Planets

• Outer Planets

Which is common between all the planets?

• mass and strong gravitational force to clear out the neighborhood

• diameter, shape, and orbit the sun

• shape, orbit the sun, strong gravitational force to clear out the neighborhood

• composition, shape, mass

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4