Solar System Quiz

What is the process called by which the Solar System was formed?

• panspermia

• creationism

• solar nebula hypothesis

• big bang theory

What is the force that keeps planets in orbit around the Sun?

• centrifugal force

• friction

• magnetism

• gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is the name of the force that attracts all objects towards each other?

• gravity

• magnetism

• friction

• repulsion

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is the shape of the Earth's orbit around the Sun?

• rectangular

• triangular

• elliptical

• circular

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which planet has the shortest year in the Solar System?

• Jupiter

• Venus

• Mars

• Mercury

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What is the name of the force that keeps the Moon in orbit around the Earth?

• gravitational force

• nuclear force

• electromagnetic force

• centrifugal force

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which characteristics of the solar system are BEST explained by the shape and motion of the flattened, spinning disc that came from the solar nebula?

• The DISC shape of the flattened solar nebula causes a planet's spherical shape. The planets orbit the Sun in the SAME direction as the Sun's rotation.

• The DISC shape of the flattened solar nebula causes a planet's spherical shape. The planets orbit the Sun in the OPPOSITE direction as the Sun's rotation.

• The FLATTENED shape of the spinning nebular causes planets to orbit in the same plane. The planets orbit the Sun in the SAME direction as the Sun's rotation.

• The FLATTENED shape of the spinning nebular causes planets to orbit in the same plane. The planets orbit the Sun in the OPPOSITE direction as the Sun's rotation.

The center of the solar system contains the most heat and the most mass.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The planets all orbit the Sun in the same direction.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Some planets are made of the same elements as the Sun.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1