Solar System Test

What is the term used to describe the amount of matter in an object?

• Weight
• Mass
• Volume
• Density

Which concept is characterized by the Earth and other planets orbiting around the Sun?

• Geocentric Model

• Heliocentric Model

• Lunarcentric Model

• Solarcentric Model

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The path an object takes around another object in space is called its ___.

• orbit
• pathway

• trajectory

• rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

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When a planet goes around the Sun once, it completes one ___.

• rotation
• spin
• revolution
• orbit

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which type of planets are rocky and located closer to the Sun?

• Jovian planets

• Terrestrial planets
• Gas giants

• Dwarf planets

Planets like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are known as ___.

• Terrestial planets

• Jovian planets

• Gas giants

• Rocky planets

What are small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun primarily found in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter called?

• planets
• comets
• meteors
• asteroids

The tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion is known as ___.

• Acceleration
• Resistance
• Friction
• Inertia

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

What force is responsible for the arrangement of the solar system and holding the planets in orbit around the sun?

• Friction
• Magnetism
• Gravity
• Light

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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A model that shows the sizes of objects relative to each other is called a ___.

• proportional model
• scale model
• ratio model
• dimensional model

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