Gravity in Space Quiz

What force keeps the planets in their continuous orbit around the Sun?

• Electricity

• Gravity

• Friction

• Magnetism

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What has the most gravity in our solar system?

• Jupiter

• The Sun

• Mars

• Earth

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What force causes a planet to travel along a curved path instead of moving in a straight line as in the diagram?

• Wind

• Magnetic force

• Gravitational attraction

• Solar radiation

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If the solar system lost the sun, what would happen to the planets?

• They would disappear

• They would collide with each other

• They would stop moving

• They would travel on a different path

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If a scientist wants to predict when a comet or asteroid will collide with a planet, what must they understand?

• Magnetic fields

• Chemical reactions

• Weather patterns

• Gravitational attraction between all bodies

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The more ___________, the more gravity it has

• distance

• mass

• gravity

• none of these

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_______________is a force keeps the planets in their continuous orbit around the Sun

• Inertia

• Mass

• Distance

• Gravity

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Which object in the solar system has the most gravity?

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Sun

• Asteroid Belt

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The hand is the sun, the ball is the earth and the string is ___________

• gravity

• inertia

• mass

• none of these

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Gravity keeps planets in the solar system from moving in __________ _________throughout the galaxy. 

• long distances

• straight lines

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