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Long period comets are believed to take
more than 200 years to orbit the Sun
less than 50 years to orbit the Sun
more than 500 years to orbit the Sun
less than 200 years to orbit the Sun
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Dwarf planets are rocky, spherical, orbit the sun and
all reside in the asteroid belt
have similar size objects near them
all reside in the Kuiper belt
have much larger objects near them
3
Which planet has a crater called the Caloris Basin?
Earth
Mercury
Venus
Mars
4
The time it takes an object to complete an entire spin is called
period of rotation
period of revolution
5
Which planet has the most complex ring system?
Saturn
Jupiter
Neptune
Uranus
6
Which planet has geysers that erupt nitrogen gas?
Uranus
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
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What are small pieces of rock that enter Earth's atmosphere called?
meteors
meteroites
asteroids
meteroids
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Which planet has water in solid, liquid and gas form?
Mars
Mercury
Venus
Earth
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Pluto is the ninth planet from the sun.
False
True
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Why did the rocks in the asteroid belt never form a planet?
It was too cold.
Some asteroids were too large.
The asteroids moved too slowly.
Jupiter's gravity may have been too strong.
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What keeps objects in the solar system in orbit?
the Sun's gravitational force
speed of orbits and centripetal force
magnetic fields generated by the planets
the solar winds and atmospheres
12
What are pieces of rock that strike the surface of a moon called?
meteors
meteorites
asteroids
meteoroids
13
Why does a comet develop a tail?
Jupiter's gravitational pull
the Oort Cloud
Earth's atmosphere
the solar wind
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What originates in the Oort Cloud?
comets
moons
meteoroids
asteroids
15
Which planet is the only known planet to support life?
Mars
Venus
Earth
Mercury
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Which planet is so tilted on its axis that it appears to roll along its orbit?
Neptune
Saturn
Uranus
Jupiter
17
Which planet has a storm called the Big Red Spot?
Saturn
Jupiter
Uranus
Neptune
18
Short period comets are believed to take
less than 200 years to orbit the Sun
more than 500 years to orbit the sun
less than 50 years to orbit the Sun
more than 200 years to orbit the Sun
19
Venus and Earth have heat trapped by their atmospheres. This is called
the greenhouse effect
slowing rotations.
cooling core effect.
cloud cover.
20
The asteroid belt is located between the orbital paths of which planets?
Saturn and Neptune
Earth and Mars
Mars and Jupiter
Jupiter and Saturn
21
The time it takes an object to complete one orbit is called
period of rotation
period of revolution
22
Scientists use a larger unit to measure distance between the planets called
kilometer
light year
astronomical unit
warp drives
23
Which planet has so much iron oxide in its soil it appears red?
Venus
Earth
Mars
Mercury
24
Our solar system has
one star
hundreds of stars
billions of stars
millions of stars
25
A comet's gas tail will always
point towards the Sun
point toward the closet planet
point away from the Sun
point away from the closet planet
26
Which planet has a moon that is larger than Pluto and Mercury?
Jupiter
Uranus
Saturn
Neptune
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Which planet has the hottest surface temperature?
Earth
Mercury
Mars
Venus
