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- 1. Multiple Choice
The natural pull of objects toward each other is called ___the solar systemgravitya satellitean orbit - 2. Multiple ChoiceEarth travels around the Sun, completing the whole trip every ___24 hours7 days27 days365 days
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhy do we orbit the Sun and not the other way around?brighter objects tend to orbit duller onesduller objects tend to orbit brighter oneslighter objects tend to orbit heavier onesheavier objects tend to orbit lighter ones
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe Sun is the heaviest object in our solar system. It's about ___twice as heavy as Jupiter200 times heavier than Jupiter500 times heavier than Jupiter1000 times heavier than Jupiter
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe Earth doesn't totally get sucked into the Sun, because ___it's moving too slowly around itit's moving fast enough around itit's too heavy too pull init's too far away
- 6. Multiple ChoiceA group of stars, gas and dust bound together by gravity is called ___an orbitthe Suna galaxya black hole
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the name of our galaxy?the Solar SystemOrbital Galaxythe Andromeda Galaxythe Milky Way
- 8. Multiple ChoiceAn object that has a gravitational pull stronger than anything else in space is called ___a black holea galaxydark matteran orbit
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat object is at the center of our Milky Way galaxy?a giant stara black holeour solar systemthe Earth
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe eight main planets tend to orbit the Sun in a relatively circular way in the same ___straight lineidentical orbitimaginary planeideal curve
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich dwarf planet has a weird orbital path, off-level with the other planets?PlutoNeptuneCeresEris
- 12. Multiple ChoicePluto is sometimes closer to the Sun than which planet?JupiterSaturnUranusNeptune
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