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Chapter 27: Planets of the Solar System
Chapter 27: Planets of the Solar System
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A quiz to teach students about the planets of the solar system.
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One of the highly dense planets nearest to the sun; Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth
terrestrial planet
gas giant
planet
planetesimal
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The time required for a body to complete a single orbit
orbital period
eccentricity
planetesimal
inertia
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A region of the solar system that starts just beyond the orbit of Neptune
planet
solar nebula
solar system
kuiper belt
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A planet that has a deep, massive atmosphere, such as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune
terrestrial planet
kuiper belt
planetesimal
gas giant
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The degree of elongation of an elliptical orbit; symbol: e
planetesimal
planet
eccentricity
inertia
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The sun and all the planets and other bodies that travel around it
inertia
solar system
orbital period
planetesimal
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A rotating cloud of gas and dust from which the sun and planets formed
solar nebula
solar system
gas giant
planetesimal
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A celestial body that orbits the sun and is round because of its own gravity
planet
terrestrial planet
gas giant
inertia
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A small body from which a planet started in the early stages of development of the solar system
planetesimal
gas giant
planet
terrestrial planet
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The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion unless acted on by an outside force
inertia
terrestrial planet
planet
eccentricity
