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The Solar System
Outer planets are also called _____
Our sun is a star.
The Solar System
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Our sun is a star.
True
False
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Outer planets are also called _____
Rocky Roads
Energy Zappers
Gas Giants
Terrestrial
3
Earth's rotation causes _____________
time of day
day and night
space travel
months of the year
4
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are the _____.
outer planets
planet clusters
gas giants
inner planets
5
A larger mass object has less gravitational force than a smaller mass object
True
False
6
A large space object that moves in a curved path around a star.
moon
sun
comets
planet
7
Name a scientist that studies the universe..
Astronomer
Meteorolgist
Oceanographer
Geologist
8
A space object turning on its own axis is called _____
orbit
rotation
space travel
revolution
9
The Milky Way is the name of our universe.
True
False
10
A natural object that revolves around a planet.
asteroid
meteor
comet
moon
11
The planets orbit the sun in which direction?
counterclockwise
clockwise
north to south
west to east
12
The _____ between inertia and gravity keep objects in their orbits.
force
resistance
balance
mass
13
Our solar system is in one of the ___ of the galaxy.
legs
arms
organs
fingers
14
The path that a revolving body takes is called its _____
day
axis
orbit
planet
15
The universe is expanding.
True
False
16
The imaginary line that runs through the center of a planet or another celestial body ______.
axis
moon
polar ice caps
equator
17
Earth travels in an orbit that is curved or ____
winding
elliptical
circle
figure 8
18
All objects are attracted to each other through the force of ____
density
gravity
pathways
ellipses
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The movement of a body in space around another body is called _____.
axis
revolution
moon walk
rotation