Solar System

What holds the planets in their orbits around the sun?

• gravity

• speed

• string

• air currents

What is in the center of the Heliocentric Model?

• Sun

• Comet 

• Jupiter

• Earth

Which choice shows the correct order of the planets?

• Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Pluto

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Saturn, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Neptune Mercury, Uranus

What planet is it?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Venus

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are what type of planets?

• Gas Giants

• Ice Giants

• Terrestrial Planets

• Exterior Planets

What is responsible for smaller objects in space continuously circling/orbiting larger objects? 

• light-year

• air

• wind

• gravity

The four terrestrial planets all have

• Rocky surfaces

• Hot temperatures

• Deep atmospheres

• Large size

The curved path in which a planet, satellite, or spacecraft moves in a circle around another object.  The path one object takes around another.

• rotate

• orbit

• moon

• revolve

Any object with mass has gravity.

• True

• Sometimes

• False

• Never

Two factors effecting the magnitude of the force of gravity between 2 objects are...

• mass and distance 

• mass and matter

• distance and weight 

• weight and mass