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Without gravity, planets would continue to travel in a straight line and not orbit the Sun.
Depends upon how far away it is!
Depends upon the size of the planet!
Nope!
Yep!
2
What percentage of the total mass of the solar system is Sun?
50%
100%
88.9%
99.8%
3
The planets produce their own light.
Nope!
Yep!
4
Venus is hotter than Mercury because
it is closer to the Sun
of the greenhouse effect
it is a gas giant
it is farther from the sun
5
A terrestrial planet is
gaseous and small
gaseous and large
rocky and small
rocky and large
6
To be a planet, which of the following
MUST
be true?
it has to be a gas giant
it has a larger mass than all the objects nearby
it can be any shape
it has to have 1 moon
7
Mercury, Venus,Earth and Mars are
Asteroids
gas giants
stars
terrestrial planets
8
An astronomical unit is used to measure
distances on Earth
astronomicals
time in solar system
distances in the solar system
9
The inner planets are similar in that they
are all gas giants
have rings
are all rocky
are all very large
10
Which of the following keeps planets in orbit around the Sun?
unicorns and ninjas
gravitational pull of Sun
inertia
inertia and gravitational pull of the Sun
11
The length of 1 Astronomical Unit is
93 million miles (distance from Earth to Sun)
186,000 miles (distance from Mercury to Earth)
150 million miles (distance from Jupiter to Earth)
1
12
How many planets are in our Solar System?
8
9
5
10
13
All objects are attracted to each other by a gravitational force. This is the
Law of Motion
Law of Universal Gravitation
Law of Inertia
Law of Averages
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An object in our solar system made of gas, ice and dust is a
temoc
a dwarf planet
an asteroid
comet
