Formation of the Solar System

Scientists were able to observe how the solar system is formed

• True

• False

Which of these explain how a natural phenomenon works or happens?

• Theory

• Law

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A possible explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested

• data

• hypothesis

• theory

• fact

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

What do we call the path that a body follows as it travels around another body in space?

• que

• journey

• flight

• orbit

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Any object with mass experiences gravity.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Why do astronauts bounce so high on the moon?

• The moon has more gravity.

• The moon has less gravity.

• The moon has no gravity.

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NGSS.5-PS2-1

Which of these is the name given to a cloud of dust and gas in space

• moon

• star

• sun

• nebula

A nebula is a

• cloud of ice.

• cloud of just gas.

• cloud of just dust.

• cloud of dust and gas.

Every planet orbits the sun in a different plane.

• True

• False

All the planets in the solar system orbit the sun in

• different directions

• opposite directions

• the same direction

• random directions