Solar System Spiral Review

Which object in our solar system reflects light and is a satellite that orbits around one planet?

• the moon
• Earth
• Mercury
• the Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which of these has the strongest gravitational field?

• Sun
• Earth
• Saturn
• Jupiter

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What's the difference between rotate and revolve?

• rotate is spinning in place while revolve is moving around
• revolve is spinning in place and rotate is moving around
• rotate and revolve mean spin in place

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

True/False -All planets travel the same amount of time around the sun

• False
• True
• neither true or false

True/False - The further away from the sun the shorter the revolution.

• True
• False
• neither true or false

Which of the following lists the planets in order from the sun.

• Mercury, Earth, Mars, Asteroid Belt, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
• Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Pluto
• Venus, Earth, Asteroid belt, Saturn, neptune, uranus

Asteroids are

• pieces of debris made from rock and metal left over from formation of solar system
• chunks of dirty ice mixed with dust, grit and gas
• dust and chunks of rock from comets or pieces of asteroids

Comets are

• chunks of dirty ice mixed with dust, grit and gas
• pieces of debris made from rock and metal left over from formation of solar system
• dust and chunks of rock from comets or pieces of asteroids

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Meteroroids are

• dust and chunks of rock from comets or pieces of asteroids
• pieces of debris made from rock and metal left over from formation of solar system
• chunks of dirty ice mixed with dust, grit and gas

An object composed mainly of ice is orbiting the Sun in an elliptical path. This is object is most likely –

• comet
• planet
• asteroid
• meteor

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3