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What is the term for a grouping of stars which have been given names by ancient astronomers?
solar system
universe
constellation
galaxy
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What is known as the protective, gaseous area surrounding a planet or other body?
Atmosphere
Day
Crater
Solar System
3
What is the invisible force that pulls two objects together?
gravity
speed
motion
meteorite
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What is the term for a path one object takes around another?
Galaxy
Day
Orbit
Rotation
5
What is the term for what we actually see during a "shooting star?"
meteorite
asteroid
crater
meteor
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What is the name of a huge glowing ball of gas in outer space?
Planet
Moon
Solar System
Star
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What is another name for the gas giants in our solar system?
inner planets
Jupiter
outer planets
Neptune
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What is the name for an object from space that falls to the Earth and hits the surface?
atmosphere
meteor
meteorite
crater
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What is an object that moves around a star called?
planet
meteor
moon
asteroid
10
What is the correct order of the outer planets?
Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus
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What is the circle-shaped area of asteroids that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter?
orbit
Asteroid belt
Meteor circle
inner planets
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What is the space that contains all the matter and energy in existence?
universe
outer planets
Milky Way Galaxy
atmosphere
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What is the order of the inner planets starting closest to the Sun?
Jupiter, Uranus, Pluto, Neptune
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Venus, Mercury, Mars, Earth
Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury
