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A rotating, flattened-out disk-shape of clouds of gas and dust
Protoplanetary Disk
Nebula
Supernova
Solar System
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A relatively small natural body in space the revolves around a planet
Dwarf Planet
Asteroid
Moon
Meteor
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A great reservoir of comets that orbits beyond the Kuiper Belt
Oort Cloud
Comet Dome
Asteroid Belt
Kuiper Belt
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Which characteristic of the planets increases the farther they are from the sun?
Period of Revolution
Temperature
Day length
Period of Rotation
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The four massive outer planets that are primarily made of Hydrogen and Helium
Red Giants
Gas Giants
Brown Dwarfs
New York Giants
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A large belt of asteroid-like objects that orbits beyond Neptune
Oort Cloud
Asteroid Belt
Kuiper Belt
Outer Planets
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Which planet is the exception to the Goldilocks Rule?
Venus
Neptune
Mars
Earth
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What would be a big obstacle to colonizing Mars?
All of these
Its low gravity
Its thin atmosphere
Its lack of a magnetosphere
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Chunks of rock and ice that originate in the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud
Meteors
Asteroids
Comets
Planetesimals
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A unit of distance that equals to the average distance from Earth to the sun
Parsec
Lightyear
Astronomical Unit
Kilometer
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Which planet has the fastest rotation?
Earth
Uranus
Jupiter
Venus
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A disk made of small particles of rock and ice in orbit around a planet
Rings
Moon
Asteroid Belt
Protoplanetary Disk
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Process which describes the action of gas and dust piling onto a Planetesimal over time
Attraction
Inertia
Gravity
Accretion
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A cloud of gas and dust like the one that formed our Solar System
Supernova
Protoplanetary Disk
Nebula
Planetesimal
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Which planet is nearly the same size as Earth?
Mercury
Mars
None of these
Venus
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Which planet has a heavily cratered surface similar to the moon?
Venus
Ganymede
Mercury
Titan
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Why is Venus so ludicrously hot?
All of these
It rotates backwards
It has a thin atmosphere
Greenhouse Effect
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Which planet has the most moons?
Earth
Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
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The four inner planets closest to the sun which are similar in structure to the Earth.
Earthlike Planets
Gas Giants
Terrestrial Planets
Rocky Four
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The density of this planet is so low that it would float in water
Mercury
Saturn
Jupiter
Uranus
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Which planet is the smallest?
Pluto
Mercury
Neptune
Mars
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Which planet has a thick atmosphere of CO2?
Earth
Mercury
Venus
Mars
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Which planet is tilted at a 98 degree angle?
Uranus
Neptune
Mars
Venus
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What is the force that explains why an object must move very fast in order to reach orbit?
Gravity
Inertia
Air Resistance
Weight
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Which planet has a massive Red Spot?
Neptune
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
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Small, rocky bodies that can be found orbiting the sun
Comets
Planetesimals
Asteroids
Meteors
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The shape of an orbit around the sun is...
Oval
Elliptical
Irregular
Circular
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Which planet has the slowest rotation?
Jupiter
Uranus
Venus
Earth
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Which planet has the most extreme temperature shift between day and night?
The Moon
Mercury
Venus
Mars
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Which planets have rings?
Saturn
All of these
Uranus
Jupiter
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Which planet rotates in the opposite direction compared to all the other planets?
Jupiter
Uranus
Venus
Earth
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Which of the following is equivalent to one day on Earth?
Period of Rotation
Period of Revolution
Period of Time
Orbital Period
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Which force explains why a planet does
not
get pulled into the sun?
Magnetism
Inertia
Friction
Gravity
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Which planet is the largest?
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Jupiter
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Which planets are mostly made of rock?
Goldilocks Planets
Terrestrial Planets
Rocky Four
Outer Planets
