Gravity and Solar System

Gravity is the force objects put on each other because of their ______.

• Mass
• Friendliness
• Acceleration
• Speed

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All the inner planets

• have at least one moon.

• have thick atmospheres.

• are rocky and have a solid outer layer.

• are large.

All the outer planets are made mostly of

• water ice.

• metal and rock.

• gas and liquid around the solid core.

• a rocky surface.

Which planet is the solar system's largest?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Neptune

• Uranus

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The majority of asteroids are found in a belt located between which two planets?

• Earth and Mars

• Mars and Venus

• Mars and Jupiter

• Jupiter and Saturn

As the mass of objects increases, gravity

• increases

• decreases

• stays the same

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has rings that are the most obvious in appearance

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Uranus

• Neptune

What holds the planets in their orbits around the sun?

• gravity
• speed
• string
• air currents

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What is the center of our solar system?

• moon
• earth
• sun
• Jupiter

What is the definition of orbit?

• the spinning of the earth on its axis
• when the lit part of the moon increases
• all of the planets, moon, and other space objects going around the sun
• the imaginary line that goes through the north and south poles that the earth spins on

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2