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large object of hot helium and hydrogen
constellation
star
gravity
orbit
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how long does it take the Earth to rotate once?
365.25 days
24 hours
1 month
12 hours
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What is a planet outside our solar system called
dwarf planet
Kuiper Belt object
exoplanet
moon
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which of the following is an outer planet?
Eris
Earth
Venus
Saturn
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rotates on its side
Uranus
Earth
Neptune
Venus
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What do moons revolve around?
stars
planets
black holes
other moons
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the closest planet to the Sun, very cold on one side and very hot on the other
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
Earth
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which NASA mission landed on the moon?
Mercury
Voyager
Apollo
Gemini
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Shape of an orbit?
line
circle
sphere
ellipse
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How long does it take the moon to revolve around earth one time?
28 days
1 night
1 year
1 day
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Planet with the longest year
Pluto
Makemake
Uranus
Neptune
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Has the biggest spectacular rings made mostly of ice and frosted rock and gas
Saturn
Neptune
Uranus
Pluto
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Which planet is closest to earth?
venus
mercury
mars
the moon
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which planet is sometimes called the "morning star" or the "evening star"
mars
mercury
Jupiter
venus
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What is the name of our Galaxy?
Capstone
Milky Way
Sombrero
Andromeda
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Which dwarf planet spins very fast and is shaped like a football?
ceres
eris
makemake
haumea
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What country was the US competing against during the "space race"?
Germany
Russia (USSR)
Japan
Canada
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Planet with shortest day
Neptune
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
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Only planet with a day longer than a year
venus
Uranus
mercury
Neptune
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Called Red planet
Mars
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
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Only planet that rotates clockwise
Earth
venus
mercury
Uranus
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the movement of an object around another object or point
evolution
radiate
revolution
erode
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between which two planets is the asteroid belt?
earth and mars
mercury and earth
mercury and venus
mars and jupiter
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Has the most moons
Mercury
Mars
Neptune
Jupiter
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a natural object that revolves around a planet
sun
planet
moon
orbit
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Now a dwarf planet
The moon
Earth
Venus
Pluto
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What is know as a shooting star?
star
planet
comet
meteor
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what line is earth's axis?
the prime meridian
the equator
a line through the earth from the north to the south pole
the tropic of capricorn
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what makes up 99% of the mass of the solar system?
the sun
nebulas
asteroids
the planets
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Which dwarf planet is located in the asteroid belt?
Mercury
Pluto
Ceres
Eris
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Which is not a dwarf planet?
Sedna
Makemake
Eris
Haumea
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Where is the Kuiper Belt
near the sun
next to the asteroid belt
in another solar system
past neptunes orbit
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what day of the year are we farthest from the sun?
january 4th
4th of July
June 21st
december 21st
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Which planet has the "great red Spot"?
Mars
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
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How many stars are in our solar system?
billions
0
millions
1
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Huge group of millions of single stars, star systems, dust, & gas bound together by gravity
Continue
Atmosphere
Space
Galaxy
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What shape is out galaxy?
Irregular
Spiral
Elliptical
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What is the only place humans have walked on besides earth?
mercury
venus
the moon
mars
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Has one moon, orbits the sun in 365.25 days
Saturn
Mercury
Earth
Mars
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a star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
gamma
moon
sun
lunar
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covered with volcanoes, high air pressure, hottest planet
Neptune
Mars
Venus
Mercury
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what does the tilt of an axis cause?
northern lights
seasons
a slower rotation
a slower revolution
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how long does it take the earth to orbit the sun once?
28 days
365.25 days
24 hours
1 year
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What object is made of ice and rock and has a tail when it is near the sun?
asteroid
moon
meteor
comet
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Small, rocky planets that orbit closest to the sun including Mercury, Venus, Earth, & Mars
most gravity
outer planets
least gravity
inner planets
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the line which an object rotates around
an axis
equator
the sun
center of gravity
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Besides saturn which planet has rings?
jupiter
uranus
mars
neptune
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What attraction force keeps thing in orbit?
dark energy
Space time
magnetism
Gravity
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Which has no moons?
Pluto
Venus
Mars
Mercury
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which of the following is an inner planet?
jupiter
mars
uranus
pluto