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What is Mars.
Which Planet has a rusty surface?
1. Mercury 2. Venus 3. Earth 4. Mars You will need to know the order of these planets. |
What is outer space.
What is the best label for beyond the planet Neptune?
1. Milky Way 2. Alpha Centauri star system 3. Inner space 4. Outer Space |
What is moon.
What is a large, round piece of rock that revolves around a planet?
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What is distance from the earth.
The apparent brightness of a star depends on what? (what it looks like with our eyes) 1. distance from the earth 2. inner core 3. temperature
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What is fixed. This means it stays the same and does not change.
All planets and other space objects move around the sun in a ________ orbit. A. fixed B. Variable. C. gravitational pull
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What is zero.
How many moons does Mercury and Venus have?
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What is ice, dust, and rock.
What are the rings made out of?
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The circular movement of an object around an object that can hold it in place with gravity.
Define orbit.
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What is temperature
The actual brightness of the sun depends on what?
1. distance from the earth 2. inner core 3. temperature |
What is gravitational pull.
What from the sun helps the objects stay in their fixed orbits?
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What is false.
TRUE OR FALSE
Inner planets have many moons. |
What is hydrogen and helium.
Saturns planet is made up of what? You need to at least name one of the gases.
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What is the solar system.
What is the planets, asteroids, and comets that orbit the sun, as well as the planets' moons called? (AKA the whole shabang)
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What is B. The closer the star, the bigger it will appear.
What star would be the biggest from the view of earth?
A. 50 Light years B. 4.5 Light years C. 10 Light Years or D. 34 Light Years |
1. Between the inner and outer planets
2. Between Mars and Jupiter
Where is the asteroid belt located?
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What is a giant ball of hot, flowing gases.
What is a star?
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What is the methane absorbs red light and reflects blue. (I will accept methane, but know the whole answer for your test)
Why does Uranus and Neptune appear to be a blue color?
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What is asteroid.
What is a chunk of rock in space that orbits the sun?
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What is B. The closer the light years the greater the apparent brightness.
Which star would have the greatest apparent brightness? A. 50 Light years B. 4.5 Light years C. 10 Light Years or D. 34 Light Years
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What is the time it takes to orbit the sun.
What determines a planets year?
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What is the four rocky planets closest to the sun.
Define Inner Planets.
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What is the four largest planets from the sun made up of ice and gases.
Define outer planet?
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What is comet.
What is a chunk of rock, dust, and ice with stretched-out orbits around the sun?
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What is the sun is in the center of the solar system and the planets orbit around the sun.
What is the best comparison of the sun and the planets? (describe their roles)
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What is they both orbit the sun.
What do asteroids and comets have in common?
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