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Everything in our solar system revolves around...
Jupiter
a planet
a comet
a star
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I practically rotate on my side. I'm a large, gaseous planet, 2nd to last.
Uranus
Jupiter
Neptune
Ganymede
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I have poisonous clouds of sulfuric acid and I'm really, really hot. I'm 2nd from the sun.
Mars
Jupiter
Venus
Mercury
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What happens every 24 hours?
the Earth revolves around the sun
the Moon makes one rotation
the Earth makes one rotation
the Moon revolves around the Earth
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My Great Red Spot is a hurricane. I'm the largest, gaseous planet. A ton of satellites.
Uranus
Neptune
Saturn
Jupiter
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How do astronomers think the rings of Saturn were made?
a moon was pulverized by gravity
volcanoes blew them into space
a giant thunderstorm in space
from an exploding planet
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The solar system is made of....
planets and moons
a star and planets
stars and moons and planets
planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and a sun
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How long does it take the Earth to make one revolution around the sun?
one month
100 days
24 hours
365 days
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I'm the only planet with a bunch of this.
Neptune
Jupiter
Mars
Earth
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What is the
path
called that the Earth takes around the sun?
comet
orbit
satellite
rotation
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The orbit that the Earth takes around the sun makes what
shape
?
triangle
square
ellipse
circle
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What does this diagram of the Solar System show?
how big the sun is compared to the planets
how close the planets are to each other
how long it takes to get to each planet
how big the planets are compared to each other
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What two gases make up most of the outer planets of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
hydrogen and helium
hydrogen and oxygen
oxygen and carbon dioxide
nitrogen and oxygen
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What is a satellite?
It's a chunk of metal that orbits a moon.
It's a moon that orbits a planet.
It's a moon that orbits a black hole.
It's a large asteroid that crashes into a star.
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Other than Pluto, this picture shows all of the...
inner planets
largest planets
outer planets
gaseous planets
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This picture shows that most of the "stuff" in our solar system is....
in the sun
in Jupiter and Saturn
on Earth
in the planets
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Why does the Earth experience summer, spring, winter, and fall?
The Earth spins about itself.
The Earth is tilted towards or away from the sun.
It gets closer or farther from the sun.
The Earth gets warm during the day and cooler at night.
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How is an asteroid different from a comet?
asteroids don't have much ice
asteroids don't orbit the sun
asteroids and comets are exactly the same
comets don't melt
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I'm the largest satellite, even larger than Titan. Even bigger than Mercury!!!
Triton
Europa
Io
Ganymede
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I'm the last giant gas planet in our Solar System. My moon, Triton, is pretty cold!
Uranus
Jupiter
Earth
Neptune
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The outer planets in this picture are...
Neptune, Saturn, Venus, Earth
Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Pluto
Neptune, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus
Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars
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Since I'm closest to the sun, my daytime is SUPER hot. Plus, I'm covered in craters.
Moon
Earth
Mars
Mercury
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What is a comet?
a chunk of ice and rock revolving around a star
chunks of glass and dust orbiting a planet
a giant rock orbiting the sun
a satellite that revolves around a planet
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I'm called the Red Planet because of my pink atmosphere. I'm cold, but I have a giant canyon.
Venus
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
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I am the 2nd largest planet. I have the most rings and am gaseous.
Uranus
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
