Earth/Space Science Pre-Test

What does the Heliocentric system look like?

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which description is considered most accurate regarding what actually happened during the Big Bang?

• Two galaxies collided causing an immense explosion as stars crashed into one another

• All of what would become the universe was concentrated in a single small point, or singularity, which rapidly expanded into what is now stars, planets, galaxies, matter, and energy.

• All matter emerged from a massive black hole at the center of the universe.

• Parts of the sun were ripped off by massive internal explosions and were thrown into space where they cooled to become other things, like plants, comets, and other galaxies.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

Which description is considered most accurate regarding what actually happened during the Big Bang?

• Two galaxies collided causing an immense explosion as stars crashed into one another

• All of what would become the universe was concentrated in a single small point, or singularity, which rapidly expanded into what is now stars, planets, galaxies, matter, and energy.

• All matter emerged from a massive black hole at the center of the universe.

• Parts of the sun were ripped off by massive internal explosions and were thrown into space where they cooled to become other things, like plants, comets, and other galaxies.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

A huge system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravity.

• galaxy

• solar system

• nebula

• asteroid

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A scientist that studies stars, planets, and other objects in space.

• astrologist

• zoologist

• astronomer

• plantologist

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The bulge in the center of the Milky Way is believed to contain a ___________________________.

• wormhole to dimension Z, a happy place with no unit tests.

• supermassive blackhole.

• gigaheavy blackhole.

• dark matter concentration.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What dwarf planet was downgraded from planetary status in 2006?

• Mercury

• Uranus

• Neptune

• Pluto

What holds the planets in their orbits around the sun?

• gravity
• speed
• string
• air currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Venus, Mercury, Earth, and Mars are what type of planet?

• Gas Giants
• Ice Giants
• Terrestrial Planets
• Exterior Planets

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