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solar system and beyond
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the planets travel around the sun in an oval path called an
orbit
eggshell
asteroid
oddball
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galilea was the first to realize that the moon's surface was...
round and smooth
full of life
dark and mysterious
mountainous with holes
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meteors are often called ...
shooting stars
shimmering stars
shining stars
sparkling stars
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when a meteoroid is found on the earth's surface, it is called a ...
meteorite
meteor
asteroid
comet
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what holds the planets and other bodies of the solar system in orbit around the sun?
the atmosphere
the gravitational pull of the planets
the rotation of the bodies
the gravitational pull of the sun
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which of these planets doesn't have a ring?
venus
neptune
jupiter
saturn
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a strong force called ... pulls the planets toward the sun
rotation
energy
gravity
magic
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the outher planets are made mostly of ...
rocks and iron
dust particals
water and minerals
hydrogen, helium and ice
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the solar system's location is in the ...
globular cluster
milky way
nowhere
sagittarius dwarf galaxy
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when the moon passes directly between the earth and the sun, it causes a lunar eclipse
false
true
