Savvas Solar System

Which of the following objects is the center of our solar system?

• Pluto

• Earth

• Sun

• Asteroid

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which object in our solar system has the greatest mass?

• Mercury

• Sun

• Jupiter

• Earth

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The large, gaseous body at the center of our solar system

• Sun

• planet

• moon

• asteroid

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What is the shape of planetary orbits?

• Elliptical

• Circular

• Hexagonal

• Cubic

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which is the largest planet in our solar system?

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Mercury

• Neptune

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is the force called that governs all planetary motion?

• Gravity

• Work

• Revolution

• Dark Side

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which group of planets are known as the outer planets?

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

• Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

• Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn

The average distance between Earth and the Sun, about 150 million km.

• solar system

• Sun

• planet

• astronomical unit

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

An object that orbits a star, is large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity, and has cleared the area of its orbit.

• Sun

• meteoroid

• asteroid

• planet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A natural satellite that revolves around a planet.

• asteroid

• meteoroid

• geocentric

• moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1