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8.2 Discovering the Solar System (7)

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What is a spherical object in orbit around the Sun with enough gravity to clear its orbit?
star
sun
planet
comet
2
name a dwarf planet
mercury
venus
pluto
uranus
3
The Southern Cross constellation is visible only in :
the Southern Hemisphere
Canada
the Northern Hemisphere
Australia
4
what is astronomy
the scientific study of the moon, stars and other objects in space
an oval shape, the shape of the planets orbit
a guess of a person's future based on the position of the stars and planets
the path of an object as it revolves around aohter object in space
5
Who was Galileo?
The person who invented science
The person who invented the telescope
The person who invented the microscope
The person who invented the scientific revolution
6
Where are most dwarf planets located?
The Asteroid Belt
The Kuiper Belt
Scattered across the solar system
Uranus
7
The heliocentric model shows...
the Earth orbiting other planets
the sun orbiting other planets
the sun at the center of the solar system
the Earth at the center of the solar system
8
What is the solar system
The solar system is balls of gas that surround the sun.
The Solar system is the sun that is orbiting around that planets.
The solar system is the sun and all the objects that orbit around it.
The solar system is the planets changing positions.
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What holds our solar system together
The suns gravity
A planet from the solar system
The planets gravity
The stars
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definition of a constellation
horscope
a group of stars that form a pattern in the sky
when earth blocks sunlight from reaching the moon
a non contact force