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What Else is In the Solar System?
What Else is In the Solar System?
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Chapter 1D, Lesson #2
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1
When is the autumnal equinox?
November 21st
September 21st
October 21st
August 21st
2
Chunks of rock as large as a planet or small as a basketball.
planets
solstice
asteroids
comets
3
Point in Earth's orbit at which the hours of daylight are at their greatest or fewest.
asteroids
equinox
planets
solstice
4
Jupiter and Saturn are outer planets. What are the other two?
Mercury and Earth
Neptune and Mars
Uranus and Neptune
Venus and Earth
5
How many time zones are there on Earth?
21
23.5
24
25
6
When is the spring equinox?
April 21st
June 21st
March 21st
May 21st
7
What does
M
y
V
ery
E
xcited
M
om stand for?
My Very Excited Mom
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury
None of the above
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Why is Pluto not a planet?
Doesn't look like a planet
made of rocky material
Both oddly shaped orbit and rocky material
oddly shaped orbit
9
Earth's rotation once on its axis is _____ hours.
21
24
23.5
365
10
Large, round bodies that revolve around a star.
equinox
planets
asteroids
comets
11
As you travel _____ to _____, add one hour for each time zone.
west, east
east, west
south, west
north, south
12
When traveling from east to west, _____ one hour for each time zone.
subtract
add
divide
multiply
13
Point in Earth's orbit at which the hours of daylight and darkness are equal.
comets
planets
equinox
solstice
14
When is the summer solstice?
June 21st
August 21st
May 21st
July 21st
15
The Earth is tilted _____ degrees.
23.5
24.5
21
20
16
The outer planets are also known as __________.
big planets
inner planets
gas giants
pretty planets
17
Each time zone equals how much time?
24 hours
365 days
1 hour
24 minutes
18
When is the winter solstice?
November 21st
February 21st
December 21st
January 21st
19
Mercury and Earth are inner planets. What are the other two?
Venus and Neptune
Venus and Mars
Saturn and Mars
Jupiter and Uranus
20
Balls of ice and rock that circle sun from 2 regions beyond orbit of Pluto.
comets
asteroids
equinox
solstice