Solar System

a force of attraction between two objects that results from their masses

• magnetism

• gravity

• orbit

• planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

which is the correct order that describes the formation of the solar system

• solar nebula --> protostellar disk --> nuclear fusion --> sun --> planetesimals --> planets

• solar nebula --> protostellar disk -> nuclear fusion --> planetesimals --> planets --> sun

• protostellar disk -> nuclear fusion -> sun -> solar nebula -> planetesimals -> planets

• solar nebula -> nuclear fusion -> sun -> planets -> planetesimals -> protostellar disk

what causes the solar nebula to collapse toward the center, causing the center to be dense and hot.

• pressure

• gravity

• density

• interstellar spinning

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Gas giants are too hot to contain ice

• True

• False

Sun centered

• geocentric

• heliocentric

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Earth centered

• geocentric

• heliocentric

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Visible light is the only part of the electromagnetic spectrum that humans can see with the naked eye

• True

• False

small, irregularly shaped body made of rock or organic material that orbits the sun

• asteroid

• comet

• meteor

• meteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

most asteroids contain

• carbon

• hydrogen

• helium

• methane

Most Kuiper Belt Objects are similar in composition to

• Asteroids

• Comets

• Meteors

• Meteroids

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1