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State testing prep for solar system
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What is false about Saturn?
rocky planet
6th from sun
most rings of all planets
gas planet
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How many days does it take for the moon to orbit the Earth?
29
365
60
29 and 1/3
3
"Shooting Star" in the sky. This happens when it burns through the sky.
meteoroid
asteroid
comets
meteroite
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This is the only planet known to have life.
Mars
Venus
Earth
Jupiter
5
True or False: The reason Earth has seasons is because it's titled on it's axis.
True
False
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Our "red" planet due to red cliffs and orange sky.
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
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What is false about Mercury?
closest to the sun
Inner Planet
88 Earth days to orbit the sun
Gas planet
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What is false about Venus?
2nd planet and brightest
third planet
same size as Earth
rotates backwards
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What is false about Jupiter?
29 moons
fifth from sun
rocky
largest planet
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This 8th planet is known as the stormy planet with freezing winds 10x faster than hurricane.
Neptune
Uranus
Saturn
Jupiter
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The ice melts on this when it gets closer to sun and turns into gas.
Olaf
comet
asteroid
snowman
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True or False: Uranus rotates backwards
False
True
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At the surface, the sun is ________ degrees F. At the core, it is __________ degrees F.
10,000; 27 million
10,000; 100 million
800; 8000
20,000; 4 billion
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True or False: Uranus is two billion miles away from the sun
False
True
15
Thousands of these large chunks of rocks between Mars and Jupiter.
meteor
asteroid
comet
asteroidite
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What is false about the sun?
The sun orbits Earth.
Center of the solar system
It takes 8 minutes for the sun's energy to get to Earth.
Creates energy for solar system.
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Where does the moon get it's light from?
sun
itself
Earth
