6.ESS.3 The Solar System Question Preview (ID: 49537)


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The moon is held in orbit around the Earth by.....
a) friction
b) gravitational pull
c) reflection of sunlight
d) lunar thrust

Gravity decreases with.....
a) mass
b) speed
c) distance
d) accelleration

Which is the correct order of the inner planets?
a) Mercury, Venus,Earth, Mars,
b) Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth
c) Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars
d) Venus, Mercury, Earth, Mars

What planet has water, oxygen, poles and is rocky?
a) Mercury
b) Venus
c) Earth
d) Mars

What is considered the center of our Solar System?
a) Sun
b) Moon
c) Earth
d) Pulsar

Where is the asteroid belt located?
a) between Earth and Mars
b) between Mercury and Venus
c) between Venus and Earth
d) between Mars and Jupiter

All planetary orbits are.....
a) elliptical
b) spherical
c) circular
d) egg shaped

Name the planet that is rocky, has NO moons and is hottest in the solar system?
a) Venus
b) Mercury
c) Earth
d) Mars

What object orbits the Earth?
a) moon
b) Sun
c) Mercury
d) Venus

A planet's orbit depends on....
a) the age of the planet
b) the magnetic field of the planet
c) the composition of the planet
d) the gravitational force between the Sun and the planet

A small rocky object orbiting the sun is called a(n).....
a) asteroid
b) galaxy
c) moon
d) comet

Which planet has liquid water in all three states?
a) Mercury
b) Venus
c) Earth
d) Mars

Gravity increases with.....
a) mass
b) distance
c) speed
d) accelleration

A Solar System is defined as.....
a) a group of objects orbiting a star
b) a group of stars that are orbiting other stars
c) an object orbiting any other object
d) an object orbiting a planetary body

What keeps the objects of the Solar System in orbit around the Sun?
a) gravity
b) mass
c) inertia
d) energy

Planetary orbits are....
a) predictable
b) random
c) not random but too complicated to model
d) unstable

Which celestial body has the longest orbit?
a) Earth
b) Mercury
c) Venus
d) the moon

What is the smallest planet in the solar system?
a) Mercury
b) Venus
c) Earth
d) Mars

Which celestial body in our solar system has the most gravitational pull?
a) Jupiter
b) Earth
c) Sun
d) moon

Which planet is characterized by a solid surface surrounded by a thick atmosphere of carbon dioxide?
a) Venus
b) Mercury
c) Earth
d) Mars

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