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Introducing the Solar System
Introducing the Solar System
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A review game of the key terms from Lesson 2- Introducing the Solar System
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The fourth planet from the sun is
Mars
Earth
Venus
Neptune
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What do we call the big ring of rocky objects orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter?
Rock hoop
Rocky Road
Asteroid Ring
Asteroid Belt
3
This planet was once considered our ninth planet, but is now considered a dwarf planet.
Mars
Pluto
Mercury
Neptune
4
An object that orbits the sun, is spherical but has not cleared the area of its orbit
planet
dwarf planet
planetesimal
bagel
5
The order of the planets starting from the closest to the sun are
Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Earth, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Mars, Saturn
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Earth, Venus, Mercury
6
The sun, the planets, their moons, and a variety of smaller objects
astronomical unit
planet system
solar system
galaxy
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What is at the center of our solar system?
moon
sun
Earth
Jupiter
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Which of the following is an outer planet?
All of the above
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
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When was the solar system formed?
4.6 million years ago
4.6 billion years ago
46 billion years ago
4.6 thousand years ago
10
one astronomical unit (AU) is equal to the average distance between
the sun and Pluto
the sun and Mars
the sun and Earth
Saturn to Neptune
11
Which planet is "just right" for living?
Mercury
Earth
Jupiter
Mars
12
What holds the solar system together?
mass
glue
gravity
tape
13
What makes up our solar system?
the sun
dwarf planets, asteroids, and comets
all of the above
the planets and their moons
14
Which of the following is NOT an inner planet?
Venus
Mars
Neptune
Earth
15
Earth has only one natural satellite or moon.
False
True
16
About 99.85 percent of the mass of the solar system is contained within the
planetesimal
asteroids
sun
planets
17
The four outer planets are rocky and much smaller than the inner planets.
True
False
18
What did our solar system form from?
a cloud of oxygen and carbon
air and clouds
paper with lots of glue and tape
a cloud of hydrogen, helium, rock, ice and other materials
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The solar system formed as_______ pulled together rock, gas, ice and other materials.
Newton's first law of motion
gravity
inertia
planetesimals
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Used to measure distance within the solar system
distance unit
rulers
miles
astronomical unit
