Unit 1 Solar System and Universe Vocab Quiz

What is the study of objects and phenomena beyond Earth called?

• Biology

• Astronomy

• Chemistry

• Physics

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is the Sun and all the planets and other bodies that travel around it collectively called?

• Constellation

• Solar System

• Universe

• Galaxy

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is the term for Earth-centered?

• Orbit

• Inertia

• Heliocentric

• Geocentric

What is the term for Sun-centered?

• Heliocentric

• Geocentric

• Orbit

• Inertia

What is the path that a body follows as it travels around another body in space called?

• Inertia

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Orbit

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

What is the length of time that it takes to travel one complete orbit called?

• Epicycles

• Elliptical orbit

• Retrograde motion

• Orbital period

What is the actual or apparent motion of a body in a direction opposite to that of the motions of most other members of its system called?

• Orbit

• Epicycles

• Elliptical orbit

• Retrograde motion

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What is the circular motion where the center of the movement rotates on a larger circle called?

• Orbit

• Retrograde motion

• Epicycles

• Elliptical orbit

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What is an orbit that is shaped as an ellipse rather than a circle called?

• Orbit

• Retrograde motion

• Epicycles

• Elliptical orbit

What is the tendency of an object to stay at rest or to stay at a constant straight-line velocity unless a force acts upon it called?

• Revolution

• Inertia

• Gravity

• Rotation