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Solar System part 2
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The great red spot on Jupiter is a
crater
ball of fire
storm
volcano
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Comets originate in the
kuiper belt
asteroid belt
oort cloud
sun
3
The smallest planet that has no atmosphere is
venus
mercury
mars
earth
4
The planet whose axis is tilted at 90 degrees and appears to rotate top to bottom is
Neptune
Uranus
Jupiter
Saturn
5
The Solar system consists of
8 planets
stars and planets
The sun and 9 planets
the sun and 8 planets
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The largest and most massive planet is
Neptune
Uranus
Saturn
Jupiter
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The planets whose atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide are
Mercury and Venus
Venus and Mars
Earth & Venus
Mercury and Mars
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Planets that are small, dense and rocky are the
inner planets
outer planets
all of the above
gas giants
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The solid inner core of a comet is called
dust tail
nucleus
coma
gas tail
10
When a meteoroid enters Earth's atmosphere, friction creates a streak of light called a
dust tail
meteor
gas tail
meteorite
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The region of between Mars and Jupiter that contains asteroids and other small objects is the
Solary system
Asteroid belt
Oort cloud
Kuiper belt
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A loose collection of ice, dust and small rocks is a
meteor
asteroid
comet
dwarf planet
13
Planets that are more massive than Earth and do not have solid surface are the
Outer planets
answers 2 & 3
Gas giants
Inner planets
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Terra means
star
solar
moon
earth
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Objects that have enough gravity to be spheres but have other objects in their orbit are called
asteroids
comets
meteors
dwarf planets
16
The planet whose day is longer than its year is
Mars
Mercury
Venus
Earth
17
Saturn's rings are made of
stars
Hydrogen and helium
carbon and oxygen
chunks of rock and ice
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The planet that appears blue because of Methane in its atmosphere is
Uranus
Neptune
Jupiter
Saturn
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Leftover rocky objects that never came together to form a planet are called
meteoroids
dwarf planets
asteroids
comets
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The planet that appears red because of iron rich rocks is
Mars
Mercury
Venus
Earth