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WorksheetsUnit 4 Assessment 3
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
when one object passes across another in space
transit
transmit
gravity
reflect
the sun and everything that revolves around it
universe
solar system
galaxy
planet
all of space, all of the matter, and all the energy in it
universe
solar system
galaxy
planet
a large collection of stars held together by gravity
universe
solar system
galaxy
planet
force that attracts objects toward each other
lunar
solar
gravity
kinetic energy
All solar system objects orbit the Sun in the same direction. Which direction is it?
Clockwise
Counterclockwise
Vertically
23.5
The objects in the solar system, like planets and comets, all travel in a different plane. Some are way higher than earth. Some are lower.
True
False
From Earths perspective, Venus transits the sun and has noticeable phases because it
Its orbit around the sun is inside of Earths orbit
Its orbit around the sun is outside of Earths orbit
Its orbit around the sun is clockwise, while Earth’s orbit is counterclockwise.
Its orbit around the sun is vertical, while Earths orbit is horizontal.
From Earths perspective, Mars and Jupiter do not transit the sun and do not have noticeable phases because they
Its orbit around the sun is inside of Earths orbit
Its orbit around the sun is outside of Earths orbit
Its orbit around the sun is clockwise, while Earth’s orbit is counterclockwise.
Its orbit around the sun is vertical, while Earths orbit is horizontal.
_____massive objects have stronger attractive gravitational forces between them than _____massive objects.
Neither is correct. All objects are equal
Less, more
More; less
both are correct
There is a stronger attractive gravitational force when the object is _____
farther away
closer
in the middle
smaller
Earth and its solar system are part of the _____ galaxy,
Andromeda
Milky Way
Dagobah
Outer Rim
______appears to determine this organization of the universe, because in the places where there is stuff, that stuff is held together by it.
Gravity
Energy
Sound
Water
The biggest factors that determine the amount of gravity’s force are
Size (mass) and shape
Size(mass) and color
Size(mass) and distance
Distance and color
What is at the center of the Milky Way galaxy?
Star
nothing
black hole
Pluto
When we did our simulation in class, which did NOT make the moon fly away?
Made the moon smaller
Made the moon bigger
Made the moon farther away
Made the moon go faster
