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Components and Organization of the Solar System 6.2
Components and Organization of the Solar System 6.2
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What is a asteroid?
A "rock" in space that orbits around the Sun
A "rock" in space that orbits around the Moon
A "rock" in space that orbits around the Earth
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Why is Neptune the coldest planet in our solar system?
It is the smallest planet
It is blue
It has no life on the planet
It is the furthest away from the sun
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What are the 4 outer planets?
Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn
Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus
Pluto, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus
Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, Earth
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What do we call the inner planets?
Terrestrial planets,
gas giants
rock planets.
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What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
Earth
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Meteor that has fallen to Earth
rock
asteroid
red bed
meteorite
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What is a Meteor called when it's in space ?
Meteroid
Meteor
Meteorite
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The charateristic that is common to all the inner planets is:
they are all surrounded by poison gases
they are made of gas and ice
they all are made of rock
they are all support life
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What are the outer planets known as?
Giants
Dwarf planets
Gas giants
Supernova
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There are 8 planets in our solar system.
True
False
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What are the inner planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Pluto
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
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How many dwarf planets are there in the solar system?
7
16
5
49
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What is a meteor?
A type of rock orbiting earth
small body of matter from space that enters theatmosphere
A body of matter being pulled into earth
A type of rock orbiting the sun
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Once a meteor hits the ground, it becomes
an asteroid
a comet
a meteoroid
a meteorite
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What is the star at the center of our solar system called?
Earth
North Star
Moon
Sun
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How many outer planets are there?
4 outer planets
5 outer planets
6 outer planets
2 outer planets
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What is the smallest planet in the Solar System?
Mars
Jupiter
Mercury
Venus
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Most of the asteroids are located between the orbits of
Saturn and Nepune
Jupiter and Uranus
Venus and Earth
Mars and Jupiter
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A space object that’s too small to be a planet but orbits the sun just like other planets.
comet
asteroid
dwarf planet
meteor
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What is a comet?
A blue star
A frozen mass of different types of ice and dust.
A shooting star
A very cold planet.
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Which is a Meteor?
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2
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