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Solar System Review
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1
Which planet has a giant Red Spot?
Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
Mercury
2
What is another name for the gas giants?
Terrestrial planets
Balls of fire
Inner Planets
Jovian planets
3
A celestial body made of ice and rock
asteroid
meteorite
comet
meteor
4
Select the smaller celestial body
meteoroid
asteroid
5
What do we call an asteroid once it has entered the earth's atmosphere?
meteor
meteroid
meteorite
6
Pluto is a planet
False
True
7
What type of eclipse occurs when the earth casts its shadow on the moon?
Solar eclipse
Lunar eclipse
8
Which is the name of an earth centered model of the solar system?
Heliocentric
Geocentric
9
Which planets does the asteroid belt fall in between?
Mercury and Jupiter
Mars and Jupiter
Earth and Mars
Jupiter and Saturn
10
What type of eclipse occurs when the mooncasts its shadow on the earth?
Lunar Eclipse
Solar eclipse
11
What causes our seasons?
tilt of the earth on its axis
earth's orbit around sun
earth's rotation
12
Which planet has similar seasons to earth due to its tilt?
Venus
Neptune
Mars
Uranus
13
Which moon phase does a lunar eclipse occur at?
Full moon
New moon
Waxing Crescent
1st Quater
14
What was Coppernicus' model of the solar system?
Heliocentric
Geocentric
15
Our solar system formed in a _________________
Protostar
Blackhole
Nebula
Supernova
16
What units do we use for the average distance between the sun and the earth?
light years
kilometers
meters
astronomical units
17
Gravitational pull is affected by ______________ and ______________.
distance and weight
mass and weight
distance and temperature
mass and distance
18
Which planet is the hottest due to a large amount of greenhouse gas carbon dioxide?
Venus
Mercury
Jupiter
Mars
