Space Quiz

The name of our solar system is called...?

• Snickers
• Butterfingers
• Milky Way 
• Hersheys

Planets that are farther from the sun

• take more time to orbit
• take less time to orbit

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The greater mass a planet has, 

• the greater the gravitational force it has
• the less gravitational force it has
• gravitational force does not depend on mass

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

All of the planets in our solar system orbit the sun because it has the largest 

• weight
• volume
• mass

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

True or False
The Earth is the center of the solar system.

• True
• False

The order of the planets is:

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which planet is the smallest?

• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is the name for a star pattern that is visible in the night sky?

• a meteoroid
• a solar system
• a star chart
• a constellation

Which keeps moons in their orbit?

• the gravitational pull of their planets
• The gravitational pull of the Sun
• the gravitational pull of asteroids
• the gravitational pull of other moons.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

In which position would an observer NOT be able to see the Moon?

• the Moon is in between the Sun and Earth
• the Moon is behind the Earth
• the Moon is at a right angle to the Sun and Earth
• during waxing gibbous phase

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1