Physics Quiz

What is the force that pulls objects toward each other and keeps planets in orbit around the Sun?

• Inertia

• Momentum

• Gravity

• Orbit

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What term describes an oval-shaped path?

• Orbit

• Ellipse/Elliptical

• Period of Rotation

• Satellite

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What is the quantity of motion an object has called?

• Inertia

• Momentum

• Gravity

• Period of Revolution

What is the resistance to changes in motion known as?

• Inertia

• Orbit

• Satellite

• Ellipse/Elliptical

What is the time it takes for a planet to spin once on its axis called?

• Period of Revolution

• Period of Rotation

• Orbit

• Gravity

What is the time it takes for a planet to orbit the Sun called?

• Period of Rotation

• Inertia

• Period of Revolution

• Ellipse/Elliptical

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is the path of an object around another object called?

• Satellite

• Orbit

• Gravity

• Momentum

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What is a natural or artificial object that orbits a planet called?

• Ellipse/Elliptical

• Inertia

• Satellite

• Period of Rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What does gravity govern within our solar system?

• Motion

• Temperature

• Light

• Sound

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

How does gravity affect satellites and tides?

• It stabilizes them

• It heats them

• It illuminates them

• It colors them

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4