CC #9: Introduction to the Solar System

The solar system includes everything held together by _________

• the sun's gravity

• the moon's gravity

• the earth's gravity

• asteroids

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

__________ was the astronomer who finally put the Geo-/Helio-centric debate to rest.

• Kepler

• Ptolemy

• Galileo

• Copernicus

Jupiter is ______ wider than the Earth.

• 11x

• 5x

• 20x

• 50x

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

We have a good definition for what makes a planet.

• True

• False

The orbits of ________ and ________ lie pretty much in the same plane.

• Mercury, Jupiter

• Earth, Mars

• Venus, Saturn

• Neptune, Uranus

Most asteroids are in the ___________.

• Asteroid Belt

• Kuiper Belt

• Oort Cloud

• Solar Core

The objects of the __________ do not lie in the same plane as the rest of the solar system.

• Oort Cloud

• Asteroid Belt

• Kuiper Belt

• Main Belt

As you decrease the size of something spinning, the ___ it spins.

• FASTER

• SLOWER

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Closer to the sun, lighter elements like ________ and ________ are less abundant.

• Hydrogen, Helium

• Oxygen, Nitrogen

• Carbon, Neon

• Iron, Nickel

We are able to see solar system formation happening today.

• True

• False