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The Solar System
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1
A star uses nuclear fusion to make energy
True
False
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The asteroid belt exists between..
Mars and Jupiter
Neptune and Pluto
Mars and earth
The sun and earth
3
How many minutes does it take light to travel from the sun to the earth.
20
6
5
8
4
Comets exist in the
Kitten belt
Kuiper belt
Asteroid belt
Keeper belt
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The galaxy earth is in is called the:
Sombrero galaxy
Andromeda galaxy
Milky Way
Orions nebula
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The closest planet to the sun is:
Venus
Mercury
Neptune
Earth
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The object used to view celestial bodies is a:
Television
Spaceship
Telescope
Ruler
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One of Jupiter’s moons is called
Saturn
Europa
Titan
Ariel
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A system of billions of stars is called a:
Sun
Moon
Solar system
Galaxy
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The type of energy produced by stars is:
Chemical
Light
Heat
Sound
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As a comet approaches the sun it melts leaving a tail of gas and dust.
False
True
12
Which planet rotates on it axis (on its side) ?
Saturn
Neptune
Venus
Uranus
13
What material is a star made up of ?
Liquid
Ice
Solid
Gas
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What is a celestial body?
A rock that exists in space
A natural object that exists outside the earths atmosphere.
A man made object that exists outside the earths atmosphere.
Something that is big
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Astronomy is:
The study of all objects outside the earths atmosphere
The study of earth
The study of planets
The study of telescopes
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A star and all of the objects that orbit it is called
Galaxy
Moon
Solar system
Planet
17
The largest planet in the solar system is
Saturn
Jupiter
The sun
Europa
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The earths gravity causes this object to orbit around it.
Asteroids
Jupiter
Europa
The moon
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A comet is like a giant
Ball of gas
Snowball
Rock
Moon
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What is the closest planet to the earth ?
Mars
The sun
The moon
Venus
