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Solar System SCA 7th ES
Solar System SCA 7th ES
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Name of the largest known asteroid orbiting the Sun:
Alderaan
Phobos
Titan
Ceres
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Sometimes a comet is referred to as a "dirty snowball" b/c it is made of ice, dust & rock.
False
True
3
What is an astronomical unit?
average distance from the Sun to the edge of the solar system
average diameter of the Sun
average distance from the Sun to Earth
average distance across our solar system
4
A meteor is a bright flash of light due to friction as a meteoroid flies thru Earth's atmosphere.
True
False
5
Pluto is thought to be a large Kuiper belt object.
True
False
6
Which is NOT a location in our solar system where comets might be orbiting the Sun?
comets are found in all 3 areas
Oort Cloud
Asteroid belt
Kuiper Belt
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What type of star is our Sun?
red giant
yellow dwarf
white dwarf
yellow giant
8
A small chunk of space debris flying thru space, too small to be an asteroid or comet.
meteoroid
meteorite
meteor
all of the above
9
Which group of planets are relatively very close together in our solar system?
outer planets
terrestrial & gas giants
inner planets
all the planets are about the same distance apart
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Closest neighboring star to our Sun?
Proxima centauri
Betelgeuse
Polaris
Sirius
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A meteoroid is a meteor that survives atmospheric friction & strikes the Earth.
True
False
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Which planet(s) are less than one astronomical unit from the Sun?
Mercury, Venus & Earth
Mercury
Mercury & Venus
Mercury, Venus, Earth & Mars
