Solar System and the Universe Practice Unit Test

In a heliocentric system, Earth revolves around _______.

• Mars

• the stars

• the moon

• the Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The fact that each planet's orbit is an ellipse was discovered by _______.

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Kepler

• Brahe

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Another name for the four outer planets is _______.

• Colorful Giants

• Jupiter's Moons

• Gas Giants

• Terrestrial Planets

The _______ consists of the Sun, eight planets and their moons, dwarf planets, and several kinds of smaller objects.

• Solar System

• Milky Way

• Great Universe

• Inner Planets

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

An Earth-centered model of the solar system is called a _______ model.

• Heliocentric

• Earth-centric

• Innercentric

• Geocentric

________ supported Copernicus's heliocentric model using the telescope.

• Aristotle

• Brahe

• Galileo

• Kepler

The geocentric model was further developed around 140 A.D. by _______.

• Copernicus

• Brahe

• Galileo

• Ptolemy

A __________ is a natural satellite that revolves around a planet.

• Moon

• Space shuttle

• Rocket

• Orbit

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which model of the solar system do we know exists today?

• Geocentric

• Heliocentric

• Milky Way

• Galaxy

__________ looks blue-green because of traces of methane in its atmosphere.

• Uranus

• Saturn

• Neptune

• Jupiter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3