Galaxies, Stars, and Solar System Unit Review

What holds the planets in their orbits around the sun?

• gravity
• speed
• string
• air currents

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is in the center of the Heliocentric Model?

• Sun
• Comet 
• Jupiter
• Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

An _______ is between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. 

• Oort Cloud
• Asteroid belt
• Kuiper belt
• Photosphere

Venus, Mercury, Earth, and Mars are what type of planet?

• Gas Giants
• Ice Giants
• Terrestrial Planets
• Exterior Planets

Which choice shows the correct order of the planets?

• Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
• Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Pluto
• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
• Saturn, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Neptune Mercury, Uranus

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are what type of planets?

• Gas Giants
• Ice Giants
• Terrestrial Planets
• Exterior Planets

The four terrestrial planets all have

• Rocky surfaces
• Hot temperatures
• Deep atmospheres
• Large size

Almost Earth’s twin in size and mass, this planet has very thick atmosphere.

• Venus
• Mars
• Mercury
• Neptune

This gas giant has a large storm in its atmosphere known as The Red Spot

• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune

What is the brightness of a star as it appears to an observer on Earth?

• Big Bang Theory

• Apparent Magnitude

• Light year

• Spiral Galaxy