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The asteroid belt is located
between Saturn and Uranus
between Mars and Jupiter
between Jupiter and Saturn
between Earth and Mars
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This is not a terrestrial planet.
Mars
Saturn
Mercury
Venus
3
Venus and Earth are much alike in terms of
Their size and density
their atmosphere
their direction of rotation
their rates of rotation
4
Neptune is very similar in size and color to
Earth
Saturn
Uranus
Jupiter
5
What the inner planets have in common
They all are small with rocky suraces
They all have an abundance of water
They all have rings
They all have many moons
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Discovered Jupiters 4 largest moons
Galileo
Kepler
Copernicus
Ptolmey
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The Great Red Spot is a huge storm on which planet?
Saturn
Uranus
Jupiter
Venus
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Astromoners predicted the exsistence and orbit of Neptune based on
one scientists dream
Neptune's gravitational effect on Uranus
Neptune's effect on the rings of Saturn
the gap between Uranus and other planets
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Saturn's rings are made up mostly of
ice and water vapor
nitrogen and helium
chunks of ice and rock
volcanic dust particles
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In a heliocentric system, Earth revolves around
the moon
the stars
the sun
Mars
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What shape are the orbits of most comets?
nearly circular ellipses
circles
spherical
long, narrow ellipses
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Europa is considered a good place to look for life because
it is about the same distance from the sun as Earth
There may be liquid water under its icy crust
it is about the same size as Earth
volcanic activity keeps it warm
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Chunks of rocks in space
meteoroids
meteor
comet
meteorite
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This chunk of rock hits the Earth
meteoroid
meteor
meteorite
comet
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The fact that each planet's orbit is an ellipse was discovered by
Brahe
Kepler
Galileo
Copernicus
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Aside from Earth, which inner planet once had liquid water on its surface?
Mars
Europa
Venus
Mercury
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Which is the smallest terrestrial planet?
Venus
Mercury
Earth
Mars
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The fuzzy outer layer of a comet
corona
tails
coma
nucleus
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The heliocentric model was further developed by
Copernicus
Kepler
Brahe
ptolmey
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The sun produces energy by
Attracting it with the force of gravity
nuclear fusion
buring fuels such as oil
nuclear fission
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The ancient greeks knew all the planets EXCEPT
Uranus
Saturn
Venus
Earth
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One of the conditions required for life on Earth is
extreme temperatures
liquid water
alternating days and nights
polar ice caps
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How many planets are in the solar system
11
9
7
8
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This is not a Gas Giant
Uranus
Venus
Jupiter
Neptune
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The gas giants are composed mainly of:
carbon dioxide and helium
nitrogen and helium
hydrogen and helium
carbon and nitrogen
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The area of the sun where nuclear fussion takes place
photosphere
core
radiation zone
corona
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Huge loops of hot gas
solar flare
Prominence
chromophere
corona
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Most comets are found in the
Oort Cloud
Milky Way
Asteroid Belt
Kuiper Belt
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The atmosphere of the gas giant planets cannot escape into space because:
although they are big, the planets have little mass.
the gases solidfy at higher elevations
The gases are too heavy
the planets have very strong gravitational pulls.
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Copernicus explained that
the geocentric system is correct
There are only six planets
the sun is at the center of the system of planets
the sun and the planets revolve around the Earth
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When a meteoroid enters Earth's atmosphere, it produces a streak of light called a (n)
meteorite
meteor
comet
asteroid