Gravity and the Universe

_____________ caused dust and gas particles to join together and form celestial bodies?

• Gravity

• Thermal Energy

• Glue

• An enormous explosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A/An _____________ is a galaxy that has a central part with "arms" coming out from the center.

• lunar eclipse

• irregular

• spiral

• elliptical

A/An _________________ galaxy is an oddly shaped and formed the gravitational pull of neighboring galaxies.

• irregular

• spiral

• elliptical

• solar eclipse

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Our galaxy is called the _____________.

• Mars

• Milky Way

• Solar System

• Twix

A/An ___________ galaxy contains old stars and probably formed when galaxies merge together.

• new moon

• spiral

• irregular

• elliptical

Two factors that affect gravitational pull are ___________ and __________.

• mass of the object

• color of the objects

• the volume of the object

• distance between objects

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The moon orbits the Earth rather than the Sun because ___________.

• the Sun has more mass

• Earth is covered mostly with water

• it is closer to the Earth

• Earth has more mass

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The ________ is the center of our solar system.

• Sun

• Earth

• moon

• Milky Way

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The hotter something is the _________ the atoms move.

• quicker

• slower

• same

• taller

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Nuclear _____________ causes a star to "burn."

• houses

• reactors

• fission

• fusion

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-PS1-8