Grade 7 Science Quiz: Solar System and Planetary Motion
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Saturn
Venus
Jupiter
Mars
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
Earth
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What causes the planets to orbit around the sun?
Gravitational force and Inertia
Planetary alignment
Solar wind
Magnetic force
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NGSS.MS-PS2-4
NGSS.MS-ESS1-2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the shape of the Earth's orbit around the sun?
Circular
Square
Elliptical
Triangular
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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did the solar system form?
From a collision of two black holes.
From a giant cloud of gas and dust called a nebula.
From a single massive explosion.
From a series of volcanic eruptions.
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the first law of Kepler's laws of planetary motion?
The orbit of a planet is a perfect circle with the Sun at the center.
The orbit of a planet is a straight line from the planet to the Sun.
The orbit of a planet is a spiral around the Sun.
The orbit of a planet is an ellipse with the Sun at one of the two foci.
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NGSS.MS-PS2-4
NGSS.MS-ESS1-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the average distance from the Earth to the sun?
200 million miles
93 million miles (150 million kilometers)
75 million miles
500,000 miles
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3
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