The Solar System

Question 1

Saturn's rings are mostly made up of ____________________.

Accepted Answer

chunks of ice and rock

Question 2

The solar system formed from _____________________?

Accepted Answer

an enormous explosion

Question 3

Our solar system is made up ____________________.

Accepted Answer

moons, planets and other smaller objects

Question 4

Uranus is different from most other planets because it _______________________.

Accepted Answer

rotates on its side

Question 5

Which dwarf planet is the most massive?

Accepted Answer

Eris

Question 6

Where are most of the dwarf planets located?

Accepted Answer

the Kuiper belt

Question 7

The Great Red Spot is a huge storm on ___________.

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Question 8

Which planet does not have an atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

Mercury

Question 9

What do all the inner planets have in common?

Accepted Answer

They all are small and have rocky surfaces.

Question 10

A dwarf planet is different from a planet because_____________________?

Accepted Answer

it has not cleared the path of its orbit

Question 11

Who calculated that the orbits of the solar system are ovals rather than circles?

Accepted Answer

Kepler

Question 12

The dark flows on the moon are called ________________.

Accepted Answer

maria

Question 13

What do all the outer planets have in common?

Accepted Answer

They all are large gaseous planets.

Question 14

The outer planets are also known as the _________________.

Accepted Answer

gas giants

Question 15

The distance a planet is from the sun is measured in ______________________.

Accepted Answer

AU or astronomical units

Question 16

Craters on the surface of the moon formed from ____________________.

Accepted Answer

meteroid impacts

Question 17

How many dwarf planets are in our solar system?

Accepted Answer

5

Question 18

The geocentric model taught that everything orbits around the ______________.

Accepted Answer

Earth

Question 19

Which is the smallest terrestrial planet?

Accepted Answer

Mercury

Question 20

A planet's rings are usually made of chunks of ___________________.

Accepted Answer

rocks, dust, and ice

Question 21

The heliocentric model gained support when Galileo observed that

Accepted Answer

Venus has phases similar to Earth's moon

Questions 21