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Stars, Sun, Solar System and Planets
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What planet is furthest from the sun?
Venus
Neptune
Earth
Jupiter
2
Finish this mnemonic device. My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us _________ Pizzas
Zero
Nine
Eight
Ten
3
Elliptical is closest to what shape?
Oval
Square
Circle
Rectangle
4
Who invented an early version of the telescope?
Galileo
The guy from Big Bang theory
Isaac Newton
Copernicus
5
The Nebular Theory proposes that the __________ began as a cloud of dust and gases
Solar System
Earth
Ascension School
Universe
6
It takes 365 1/4 days for the Earth to _________ around the sun.
elliptical
circle
fly
revolve
7
Inertia causes planets to move in a ________ line
super
straight
curved
finish
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This is an inner planet
Saturn
Mars
Neptune
Uranus
9
What is Pluto considered to be now in 2017?
comedian
dwarf planet
planet
black hole
10
What planet is closest to the sun?
Saturn
Mars
Mercury
Earth
11
This scientist proposed the planets moved in elliptical orbits around the sun.
Newton
Kepler
Ptolemy
Galileo
12
What pulls the planets toward the sun?
A Rope
Music
Heat
Gravity
13
The evolution of a star is dependent on its what?
personality
height
mass
weight
14
This scientist believed the Earth was in the center of the universe.
Copernicus
Ptolemy
Galileo
Einstein
15
The layer next to the sun's interior is called the what?
Chromosphere
Corona
Photosphere
Core
16
It takes the Earth 24 hours to __________ on its axis.
rotate
revolve
fall
line up
17
Geo means what?
Death
Sun
Earth
Light
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Helios means
Sun
Earth
Cold
Hot
