Our Solar System 8th grade Florida

Question 1

All outer planets have

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both rings and moons

Question 2

What is the average distance from Earth to the Sun?

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1 AU

Question 3

Planets that are closet to the sun, called

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Terrestrial

Question 4

Which best describes the asteroid belt?

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millions of small, rocky objects

Question 5

A large, spherical object that orbits a star is

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a planet

Question 6

Large, outer planets that have surfaces made of hydrogen gas, have rings, and many moons are

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gas giants

Question 7

Path an object takes as it travels around the sun

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orbit

Question 8

This is the reason Venus is hotter than Mercury, even though Mercury is closer to the sun.

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Greenhouse Effect

Question 9

Large, bright object with a long tail that orbits the Sun: made of rocks, ice, and frozen gases

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comet

Question 10

A planet moves ______ when its elliptical orbit is closer to the sun

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faster

Question 11

Imaginary line through the center of the Earth that connects the North Pole and the South Pole

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axis

Question 12

Which is a bright streak of light in Earth's atmosphere

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meteor

Question 13

Which model do we follow, in regards to the solar system?

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Heliocentric

Question 14

An irregularly shaped, rocky object that orbits the Sun between the inner and outer planets

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asteroid

Question 15

Movement around an object

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revolution

Question 16

The sun and all the planets, moons, asteroids, comets around the the Sun

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solar system

Question 17

To turn or spin on an axis: causes day and night on every planet and moon

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rotate

Question 18

Why do planets move around the Sun?

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Law of Universal Gravitation

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