Quiz - 22.6 Orbits & 22.7 Gravity

The asteroid belt is the region of the solar system located roughly between the orbits of the planets _____ and _____.

• Jupiter, Saturn

• Uranus, Saturn

• Mars, Saturn

• Mars, Jupiter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The time it takes a planet to make one complete orbit around the Sun is known as its ______.

• Time of revolution

• Orbital period

• Elliptical period

• Speed

By using a planet's orbital period, it is possible to determine its distance from the Sun.

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

The eight planets orbit the Sun along slightly elliptical paths.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The farther a planet is from the Sun, the less the distance from one planet’s orbit to the next.

• True

• False

The gravitational pull from the ______ is keeping all the planets in our solar system in orbits around it.

• asteroid belt

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Sun

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The gravitational force becomes smaller as objects move closer to each other.

• True

• False

The planets are all very far from the Sun, but they continue to orbit the star because

• Space has fibers that keep the planets orbiting the Sun

• Centrifugal forces continue to operate even when two objects are too far for gravity

• The Sun and the planets are very massive

• The Sun’s gravity increases with distance from it

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The greater an object's mass, the greater the force of attraction.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Order the following according to the greatest force of gravity to the smallest force of gravity: Earth, moon, sun.

• sun, Earth, moon

• sun, moon, Earth

• Earth, moon, sun

• moon, sun, Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4