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2024 The Scale of the Solar System
2024 The Scale of the Solar System
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Space 8th Grade
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What is the
most plausible reason
Jupiter has over 90 moons and Earth has only one?
It is much more massive than the Earth
It is denser than the Earth
It has rings
It is made of gas
2
Where is the
Earth
?
in the center of the Milky Way
in one of the spiral arms of the Milky Way Galaxy
in the Andromeda Galaxy
1 AU from the moon
3
What is the most common
OBJECT
in our solar system?
Asteroids
Stars
Moons
Planets
4
Which
object
travels the
slowest
and takes the
longest
to go around the sun?
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
Earth
5
The sky appears black,
even during the day
, from this planet because there is
no atmosphere
.
Mars
Earth
Jupiter
Mercury
6
How
long
does it take to get to Mars with our
current
technology?
about 6 to 7 months
3 days
we cannot reach Mars
over a year
7
What would most likely
change significantly
if you went to
Mars
with Rocketman?
presence of natural satellites (moons)
your mass
location in the habitable zone
type of planet
8
Which object is the
closest
to Earth and appears the brightest in the night sky?
Saturn
The sun
Venus
Jupiter
9
Which solar system object has the
shortest
year?
Mercury
Earth
Neptune
Pluto
10
Which way does the
tail
of a comet
point
?
Perpendicular to the sun
Away when going towards the sun and towards when going away
Away from the sun
Towards the sun
11
What do we call a piece of "space rock" that
hits
the planet's surface?
asteroid
meteorite
meteor
meteoroid
12
What would most likely
not change
significantly if you visited Mars from Earth?
the experienced force of gravity
your mass
your weight
the apparent size of the sun
13
What is the name of this
droid
?
BB-8
K-2SO
T-800
C3PO
14
How do we classify
planets
in our solar system?
Ice Giants
Terrestrial
Gas giants
Moons
15
Why can't we take quality pictures of exoplanets yet?
Too many light years away
Their stars are not bright enough for us to see them
Most of the ones we have found are smaller than Earth
The Earth is flat
16
Which
distance
in
AUs
is the
smallest
?
Sun to nearest star Alpha Centauri
Earth to Sun
Earth to Saturn
Moon to Mars
17
Since the gas giants are made of
gas
why don't they just
expand
out forever?
Gravity
too cold, if they were hotter they would
That is how Pluto was born
They do
18
What is
wrong
with this picture of our solar system?
the asteroid belt is missing between Jupiter and Saturn
it is not our solar system
3 of the 4 giants are missing their rings
the distance between planets is not accurate
19
Which of the following
stars
is the
hottest
?
Proxima Centauri (lower main sequence)
Betelgeuse (super giants)
Bellatrix (upper main sequence)
the sun (middle main sequence)
20
Which planet can
never
been seen at midnight (from
Earth
) while standing on the equator?
The moon
Mars
Mercury
The sun
