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What is a comet?
A star
A snowball
A big space rock
A ball of dust gass and ice
2
What are the outer planets known as?
Gas giants
Giants
Supernova
Dwarf planets
3
What is a comet?
is a smal rocky body
is ice and dust
is a huge light
a star
4
The sun is the only star we can see in the daytime because the sun looks so bright.
False
True
5
Which is NOT part of our solar system ?
the moons around jupiter
comets
asteroids
stars that are not the sun
6
How bright a star "APPEARS" is based on the star's______
distance from Earth
temperature
7
Which is true about only inner planets and not outer planets?
Take shorter orbits around the Sun
Have many moons revolving around them
Have many rings surrounding them
Composed of mostly gas
8
Which is NOT a trait of the outer planets?
have many moons
Are warm
GIGANTIC
made of mostly gas with liquid cores
9
Which of the following has the least volume (size) in our solar system?
Mercury
Mars
The Moon
Earth
10
The sun is the only star in our solar system.
False
True
11
What are the inner planets known as?
Terrestrial Planets
Gas giants
Dwarf planets
Chthonian
12
What is the name of the belt located beyond Jupiter?
Kuiper Belt
Star Belt
Comet Belt
Asteroid Belt
13
What is true about inner and outer planets?
the outer planets are small and rocky
inner planets have rings and outer planets made up of gas
inner planets are small/rocky and outer are large and gassy
Inner planets are bigger than the other planets
14
What is a comet?
An object in space with a tail
A moon
An object in space with craters
A small planet
15
Which of the following has the largest volume (size) in the solar system?
Jupiter
The Sun
Earth
The Moon
16
What is an asteroid?
A small rock that is seen going across the sky
A song
A small rocky body that orbits the sun
A rock that hits earth
17
A comet __________.
is a ball of gas right next to Pluto
will dissolve if it travels too close to the sun
takes about 7 days to complete one rotation
is a mass of dust and ice that orbits the sun and has a tail
18
What separates the inner and outer planets?
The Kepler Belt
The Sun
The asteroid belt
A wall
19
What is a trait all outer planets have ?
Are all small
Same size
All are jovial planets
Same Orbital period
20
Which is true of outer planets and not inner planets?
Have warmer temperatures
Take longer revolutions around the Sun
have atmospheres
Composed of rocky solid material
21
what is the astroid belt between
4th and 5th planet
3third and 4th
7th and 8th
1 first and 2 sec
22
Which of the following is
not
a inner planet
Mercury
Uranus
Earth
Mars
23
What are the inner planets?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Pluto
24
Are comets considered part of our solar system?
No
Yes
25
What is a Asteroid
A "rock" in space that orbits around the Moon
A "rock" in space that orbits around Mars
A "rock" in space that orbits around the Earth
A "rock" in space that orbits around the Sun
26
Is Earth considered an inner or outer planet?
inner
outer
both
neither
27
Is Venus an inner or outer planet
Inner planet
Outer planet
28
What outer planets have rings?
Saturn
all of them
Uranus
Jupiter
29
name the four outer planets
jupiter,pluto, mars and neptune
uranus,jupiter, Neptune,and saturn
30
What are all the inner planets
Mercury Venus Earth Mars
Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
31
What is the third planet
Saturn
mercury
Mars
Earth
32
Which one of these is NOT an inner planet?
Mars
Mercury
Venus
Jupiter
33
Outer planets are made of ___
Rock
Dust
Gas
Oxygen
34
Which is true about only inner planets and not outer planets?
Are closer to the sun
Have many moons revolving around them
Take longer orbits around the Sun
Composed of mostly gas
35
Which is true about only inner planets and not outer planets?
Have many moons revolving around them
Composed of mostly gas
Take shorter orbits around the Sun
Have many rings surrounding them
36
How many inner planets are there
4
3
46
8
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Where is the astroid belt?
Between Mars and Earth
Between the sun and Mercury
Between Mars and Jupiter
Between Jupiter and Venus
38
Which planets have rings
inner
outer
all
None
39
All of the following are part of the solar system except...
the stars
the Moon
Earth
the Sun
40
Our Sun is an _________ sized star?
Massive
Small
Average
Elliptical
41
What is the difference between a solar system and a galaxy?
A galaxy is smaller than a solar system.
A solar system only has one star.
A solar system is larger than a galaxy.
A galaxy only has one star.
42
How many outer planets are there
4
3
5
9
43
The solar system is located in the...
Earth
Milky Way
The Moon
Stars
44
Which is true of outer planets and not inner planets?
Take shorter revolutions around the Sun
Composed of gas
Composed of rocky solid material
Have warmer temperatures
45
What are the 4 outer planets?
Pluto, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus
Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus
Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn
Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, Earth
46
Which of these objects in our galaxy gives off energy in the form of light and heat?
Asteroids
Stars
Moon
Planets
47
Which is true of outer planets and not inner planets?
Composed of gas
Have warmer temperatures
Composed of rocky solid material
Take shorter revolutions around the Sun
48
Which planet does not have rings?
Mars
Uranus
Neptune
Saturn
49
What are the outer planets?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, and Earth
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Mercury
50
What is at the center of our solar system?
Milky Way
Earth
Sun
Venus
51
what are the outer planets called
big planets
gas giants
big fat planets
Terrestrial planets
52
Which planet has no moons?
Earth
Jupiter
Mercury
Mars
53
Which of the following are not outer planets
Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
Uranus
54
The sun is not the ____ star, but it's the____?
Brightest, Closest
Farthest, Brightest
Brightest, Farthest
55
What do all the inner planets of our solar system have in common?
they all have several moons
small and rocky
all have liquid water on surface
large and gaseous
56
Mercury has a thick atmosphere.
True
False
57
What separates the inner from outer planets
Oort Cloud
Comets
Astroid belt
The sun
58
True or False: Inner planets are hotter than outer planets.
True
False
59
An asteroid could be described as a
rocky-metallic mass
dirty snowball
