Planetary Data

Which sequence lists the Jovian planets in order of increasing mass?

• Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus

• Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, Jupiter

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter

The gravitational attraction between the star and the planet will be greatest at position 

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which diagram shows a planet with the least eccentric orbit?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Of the following planets, which planet has the most elliptical orbit? (Hint ESRT pg 15)

• Earth

• Mercury

• Venus

• Mars

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The place where a planet is closest to the Sun as it orbits the Sun is called the

• perihelion

• aphelion

Which orbit is most eccentric? 

• 1

• 3

• 4

• 5

One focus point of the orbits of planets in our solar system is

• the axis

• the perihelion

• the center

• the Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Compared to the orbit of the Jovian planets, the orbit of Halley's comet is

• less elliptical, with a shorter distance between its foci

• less elliptical, with a greater distance between its foci

• more elliptical, with a shorter distance between its foci

• more elliptical, with a greater distance between its foci

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Compared to planet A, planet B has a

• weaker gravitational attraction to the star and a shorter period of revolution

• weaker gravitational attraction to the star and a longer period of revolution

• stronger gravitational attraction to the star and a shorter period of revolution

• stronger gravitational attraction to the star and a longer period of revolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The actual orbits of the planets are

• elliptical, with Earth at one of the foci

• elliptical, with the Sun at one of the foci

• circular, with Earth at the center

• circular, with the Sun at the center

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4