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What is it called when a chunk of space rock starts to fall through the Earth's atmosphere and catches fire...
Star
Meteor
Comet
Asteroid
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What is located at the middle of the solar system?
Comet
Meteor
Asteroid
Star
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Which planet is the hottest?
Mercury
Mars
Saturn
Venus
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The below image is representing what other objects in the solar system...
Comets
Asteroid Belt
Moons
Kuiper Belt
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What keeps the gas on the Gas Giant Planets?
A Sticky surface
Solar Radiation
Gravity
Magnetism
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How is Pluto Classified?
an Asteroid
a Planet
a Comet
a Dwarf Planet
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What is a characteristic of an Inner Planet?
Has No Moons
Made of Gas
Made of Rock
Very Large
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Which planet is closest to the Sun?
Mercury
Neptune
Venus
Mars
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What is the type of scientist that studies the stars and outer space?
Meteorologist
Biologist
Physician
Astronomer
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What is the name for an object that orbits a Planets?
an asteroid
a star
a comet
a moon
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A collection of solar systems is known as a what?
Black Hole
a Galaxy
Dark Matter
the Universe
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Which planet spins on its side?
Uranus
Jupiter
Mars
Neptune
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What is an icy chunk of rock, that originates from deep space, and has a super elliptical orbit around the Sun?
Asteroid
Meteor
Comet
Star
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What shape do planets orbit the Sun?
an ellipse
a circle
an eclipse
planets DON'T orbit the Sun
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Which planet is famous for its rings?
Saturn
Earth
Mars
Mercury
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Which planet is the largest in the solar system?
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
Uranus
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What is the name of this planet:
Uranus
Saturn
Venus
Jupiter
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Where is the Kuiper Belt located in the solar system?
Very far from the Sun, beyond Neptune
Between Mars and Jupiter
Between Earth and the Moon
Very close to the Sun
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What is the theory, put forth by Copernicus, that states the Sun is at the center of our solar system?
Heliocentric
Copernicism
Egocentric
Geocentric
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A characteristic that applies to the Outer Planets?
Made of Gas
Made of Rock
Very Small
Has no Moons
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Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
Mercury
Venus
Uranus
Mars
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What is the only known planet to have life?
Earth
Pluto
Mars
Saturn
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What is the name of our Galaxy?
the Milky Way
The Solar System
A Barred Spiral
the Universe
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Which planet is farthest from the sun?
Mars
Pluto
Neptune
Uranus
