Gravity matters
Each planet travels in an _________ path, constantly being pulled toward the Sun
elliptical
The planets of the solar system revolve around the Sun in orbits because of the Sun's _____?
A. Rotation
B. Heat Energy
C. Magnetic field
D. Gravity
D. Gravity
The asteroid belt lies between which two planets?
A) Mars and Jupiter
B) Earth and Mars
C) Jupiter and Saturn
D) Venus and Earth
A) Mars and Jupiter
Which planet has the fastest winds in the Solar System?
Neptune
Which gas giant rotates on its side, possibly due to a massive impact long ago?
A) Neptune
B) Jupiter
C) Uranus
D) Saturn
C. Uranus
The gravitational force of attraction between two objects ____ if the masses increase.
A. increases
B. Decreases
C. Stays the same
D. remain the same
A. Increases
The gas giants are mostly made of:
A) Iron and nickel
B) Hydrogen and helium
C) Ice and rock
D) Carbon dioxide and nitrogen
Answer: B. Hydrogen and Helium
How does gravity help form planets from dust and gas?
A) By pushing particles apart
B) By heating them up
C) By pulling them together to form larger bodies
D) By making them spin faster
C) By pulling them together to form larger bodies
Which planet has had a storm occurring for thousands of years known as the Great Red Spot
Jupiter
What is the name of the government organization that is responsible for determining if a dangerous asteroid will hit earth?
A) The outer Space and Dangerous Threat Organization
B) NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO)
C) The NASA Protection and Foreign Object Agency
D. The Planetary Defense and Aerospace Coalition
NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO)
What keeps everything in the Solar System moving in a circular or elliptical path?
A. The Sun's Gravity B. The Milky Way
C. The Big Bang Explosions D. Jupiter's Gravity
A. The Sun's Gravity
Which planet is roughly the same size of earth?
A. Mars
B. Jupiter
C. Mercury
D. Venus
D. Venus
2. Which planet’s atmosphere contains a large amount of methane, giving it a blue color?
A) Saturn
B) Uranus
C) Jupiter
D) Neptune
D. Neptune
Which Planet is the largest in our Solar System?
Jupiter
Based on the experiment we conducted, what did the clay ball represent as part of the solar system?
A. The Milky Way B. Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids
C. The Sun's gravity and its gravity
D. Earth being the center of the Solar System
C. The Sun and its gravity
Which space object is known as a shooting star?
A. Asteroid
B. Meteor
C. Comet
D. A Asterblast
B. Meteor
The four inner planets are primarily made of:
A) Gas
B) Ice
C) Rock and metal
D) Dust
C. Rock and Metal
The planet Mars gets it's rust red color from what type of elemental atmosphere?
Iron Oxide
Which planet has an atmosphere made of mostly of nitrogen and oxygen
Earth
Which 2 are most suitable for possible human inhabitance?
A) Venus
B)The moon
C) Mercury
D) Mars
B) The Moon and D) Mars
Doug ranked the following objects in order from most mass to least mass: Sun, Jupiter, Earth, and the Moon
Based on the information, which has the most gravity?
A. Jupiter
B. Earth
C. Sun
D. The moon
C. The Sun
What two factors keep a planet in orbit around the Sun?
A) Magnetic fields and distance
B) Gravity and inertia
C) Friction and mass
D) Heat and light
Answer: B
What are comets mostly made of?
A) Ice, dust, and rock
B) Iron and nickel
C) Gas and magma
D) Carbon dioxide only
A) Ice, dust, and Rock
Which best describes the physical properties of comets?
A. Objects made of dust and ice orbiting far from the sun that emit gas and form a tail as they come closer to the sun
B. Natural, solid and rocky objects that orbit a planet
C. Celestial bodies that orbit a star at various distances
D. Space objects that enter Earth's atmosphere a high speeds and burn up
A. Objects made of dust and ice orbiting far from the sun that emit gas and form a tail as they come closer to the sun
Which is NOT true of moons?
A. Moons are a planet's natural satellite
B. Planets in the outer solar system have multiple moons.
C. Moons orbit the sun; they don't orbit the planets.
D. Earth's moons affects our ocean tides.
C. Moons orbit the sun; they don't orbit the planets.