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Review for Solar System test
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1
Which atom joins together to create nuclear fusion
argon
oxygen
hydrogen
helium
2
One AU is equal to how many kilometers?
150 million
150 thousand
140 thousand
155 million
3
Our solar system is said to be
geocentric
spherical
heliocentric
paliocentric
4
The four outer planets are
slime
jovian
gas giants
water
5
The greater the objects ______ the greater the gravity
density
mass
weight
volume
6
A light year is
The time light travels in one decade
The time light travels in one day
The time light travels in one year
The time light travels in one second
7
Gravity is the ________ of objects _____ each other
push/away
push/near
pull/toward
pull/away
8
One Astronomical Unit is
the distance from the sun to the next star
the distance from the moon to the Earth
the distance from the sun to the Earth
the distance from the sun to Mercury
9
What do you call dark areas on the sun?
sunspots
solar flares
solar winds
prominences
10
The amount of gravitational force between two objects also depend on
how far apart they are
how round they are
how ugly they are
how heavy the are
11
Small solid particles that travel through space
asteroids
meteors
meteorites
meteoroids
12
The four outer planets
in order
are
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus
Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus
13
Which is not part of the sun's atmosphere?
Photosphere
Stratosphere
Corona
Chromosphere
14
The four inner planets are
mud
terrestrial
playdough
all-terrain
15
It takes the sun's light how long to reach Earth
8 days
8 hours
8.5 minutes
8 minutes
16
Clumps of rock and metal held together by water and frozen gases
asteriod
meteoroid
meteorite
comet
17
The asteroid belt is located between which two planets?
Mars/Saturn
Jupiter/Saturn
Saturn /Neptune
Mars/Jupiter
18
The Kuiper belt differs from the asteroid belt because it mostly has
meteors
meteorites
asteroids
comets
19
Burns up in the friction of our atmosphere
meteor
meteorite
comet
meteoroid
20
The sun makes up how much of the mass in the solar system?
98.6
99.8
98.5
99.5
21
Which is not part of the sun's layers
convection zone
core
conduction zone
radiation zone
22
Particles from space that land on Earth's surface
meteoroid
asteroid
meteor
meteorite
23
What is the term to describe small rocky planets?
meteoroid
meteors
comets
asteroid
24
The four inner planets
in order
are
Mars, Venus, Mercury, Earth
Mercury, Mars, Earth,Venus
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
25
What do you call eruptions of gas on the sun?
solar flares
sunspots
Prominences
solar winds
26
The planet that spins on its side is
Neptune
Jupiter
Uranus
Mars
