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Solar System Review
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Small, rocky, and icy object that orbits the sun
Asteroid
Comet
Meteor
Meteoroid
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Two planets with methane in the atmosphere that helps give them their blue/green color.
Uranus and Neptune
Earth and Mars
Jupiter and Saturn
Mercury and Venus
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One day on this planet takes 244 Earth days (slowest rotation).
Mercury
Mars
Neptune
Venus
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Smallest planet
Mercury
Pluto
Venus
Mars
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What is the name of the star in our solar system?
Sun
Moon
North Star
Pluto
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Streak of light produced when a meteoroid enters Earth's atmosphere.
Comet
Meteorite
Meteor
Asteroid
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Small, rocky object that orbits the sun.
Moon
Asteroid
Meteor
Comet
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Which of the following is NOT true about an inner planet?
Inner planets are made of rock, outer planets are not.
Inner planets are smaller than outer planets.
Inner planets are closer to the sun than outer planets.
Inner planets have lots of moons, while outer planets do not
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Planet with the fastest rotation on its axis
Jupiter
Neptune
Uranus
Saturn
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Planet with a thick layer of carbon dioxide that traps the Sun's energy
Venus
Mars
Earth
Mercury
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Meteroid that impacts Earth's surface
Meteorite
Comet
Asteroid
Meteor
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All the planets made mostly of rock.
Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Venus
Venus, Earth, Mars, Mercury
Mars, Venus, Earth, Pluto
Pluto, Mars, Earth, Mercury
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Natural satellite that orbits an object other than a star.
Moon
Meteoroid
Comet
Asteroid
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Planet with some of the largest volcanoes
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Earth
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Furthest planet from the sun.
Mercury
Neptune
Uranus
Pluto
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Planet that is tilted the most.
Jupiter
Uranus
Earth
Saturn
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Planet with more mass than all of the other planets combined.
Jupiter
Neptune
Saturn
Uranus
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Order of the planets
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Pluto
Mercury, Earth, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus Neptune
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Planet with large amounts of liquid water
Earth
Mars
Mercury
Venus
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Objects that orbit the sun, nearly spherical in shape, but share their orbital paths.
Dwarf Planet
Comet
Planet
Asteroid
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Considered a dwarf planet.
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
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Takes this object 248 Earth years to orbit the sun.
Neptune
Pluto
Venus
Uranus
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Planet with the lowest density (it can float on water!)
Pluto
Mercury
Saturn
Uranus
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Fastest winds of any planet
Neptune
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
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Small, rocky particles that move through space.
Meteor
Meteorite
Meteroid
Asteroid
