Solar System

What is responsible for smaller object in space continuously circle / orbiting larger object?

• wind

• air

• gravity

• light-year

The planets are all equally distanced from each other.

• True

• False

What is true of all planets in our Solar System?

• They are large bodies in space that orbit the Sun

• Planets do not move, only stars move

• Planets make their own light

• Planets are larger than stars

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

• distance and weight

• mass and matter

• weight and mass

• mass and distance

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

• moon

• orbit

• revolve

In which type of model are the Sun, other planets, and the Moon in orbit around the Earth?

• tetrahedral model

• heliocentric model

• concentric model

• geocentric model

What planet is it?

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

Which choice shows the correct order of the planets?

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

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

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

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

The four terrestrial planets all have

• Deep atmospheres

• Hot temperatures

• Rocky surfaces

• Large size

This gas giant has a large storm in its atmosphere known as The Red Spot

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune