Gravity and the Universe

The Solar system formed about ___________ billion years ago?

• 1

• 14

• 4.6

• 100

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

_____________ caused dust and gas particles to join together and form celestial bodies?

• Gravity

• Thermal Energy

• Glue

• An enormous explosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A/An _____________ is a galaxy that has a central part with "arms" coming out from the center.

• lunar eclipse

• irregular

• spiral

• elliptical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A/An _________________ galaxy is an oddly shaped and formed the gravitational pull of neighboring galaxies.

• irregular

• spiral

• elliptical

• solar eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A/An ___________ galaxy contains old stars and probably formed when galaxies merge together.

• new moon

• spiral

• irregular

• elliptical

Our galaxy is called the _____________.

• Mars

• Milky Way

• Solar System

• Twix

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Nearly all galaxies are __________.

• are in rows and columns

• distributed unevenly

• are the same size

• are the same distance from us

Two factors that affect gravitational pull are ___________ and __________.

• mass of the object

• color of the objects

• the volume of the object

• distance between objects

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

The moon orbits the Earth rather than the Sun because ___________.

• the Sun has more mass

• Earth is covered mostly with water

• it is closer to the Earth

• Earth has more mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The Milky Way is __________________ of galxies.

• the furtherest

• the smallest

• the largest

• one of billions