Solar System & Gravity POP QUIZ

The Milky Way is...

• Dark Matter

• The only galaxy in the universe

• The name of our solar system

• The name of our galaxy

Which of the following lists contains all of the rocky planets in our solar system?

• Neptune, Mars, Venus, and Mercury

• Earth, Venus, Mercury, and Jupiter

• Mercury, Mars, Earth, Venus

• Mars, Mercury, Earth, and Saturn

If a spacecraft travels from Earth to the edge of the Solar System, what will happen to the gravitational pull between Earth and the spacecraft? The gravitational pull between Earth and the spacecraft will...

• increase

• decrease

• become zero

• remain the same; no difference will occur

Use the information about the following planets:

Planet A has a mass of 1,000kg

Planet B has a mass of 10,000kg

Planet C has a mass of 50,000kg

If Planets A, B, and C all have the same diameter, on which planet's surface would you experience the greatest gravitational force?

• Planet A

• Planet B

• Planet C

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What do all the planets in our solar system have in common?

• they all have liquid water

• they all have elliptical orbits

• they all have dense atmospheres

• they all have moons

What determines the length of a planet's year?

• the time it takes to rotate on its axis

• the time it takes to revolve around the

  Earth

• the time it takes to revolve around the sun

• the time it takes to rotate around the sun

The inner and outer planets are divided by...

• The asteroid belt
• The oort cloud
• The kuiper belt
• a fraction

Which is the correct order of planets, starting with closest to the sun?

• Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth

• Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Mercury, Mars, Earth, Venus

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The ............ of 2 objects and their distance from each other determine the gravitational force between them

• GRAVITY

• MASS

• INERTIA

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WHAT 2 FACTORS affect the force of gravity?

• Mass and inertia

• Mass and Distance

• Distance and Inertia

• Mass and Gravity

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