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Review of our chapter on planets and the moon.
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This planet has the most moons.
Mars
Jupiter
Venus
Mercury
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This is when the sun and earth are closest to each other :
aphelion
summer
July
Perihelion
3
In 2006 Pluto was made into a dwarf planet because .....
It's too small
Its not round
Doesn't stay in its orbit
too far away
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This planet is considered "Earth's Twin" because of size & density.
Earth
Pluto
Venus
Neptune
5
This is when the Earth is farthest from the sun.
152 million km
147 million km
Perihelion
January
6
Most "earth like" planet..meaning we could live there possibly go there in the next 10 years.
Mercury
Mars
Earth
Venus
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These three planets orbit the sun in the opposite direction of all the others ...
Answer is not here
Earth , Pluto, Mars
Uranus, Venus Pluto
Mercury, Mars , Pluto
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Nickname for meteor.
shooting star
shooting gun
star light
star bright
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A Greek word meaning wanderer.
asteroid
Comet
star
planet
10
This planet has the shortest day in the solar system.
Jupiter
Mars
pluto
Earth
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These are in space orbiting the sun , mostly between Mars and Jupiter.
planet
asteroid
meteoroid
Comet
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The center of a comet made of dirt, rock and ice
coma
nucleus
core
tail
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What are the inner planets?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus , Pluto
Mercury, Venus , Pluto , Mars
Mercury, Venus , Earth , Mars
Earth , Mars , Pluto , Jupiter
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The reason why craters last forever on the ooon
no litosphere
no water
no atmosphere
no hydrosphere
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Name of 2nd person to walk on the Moon
Mrs. Hahn
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin
Michael Collins
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A chunk of rock that falls from space and burns up in the atmosphere and hits earths surface is
meteor
rock
meteoroid
meteorite
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The nickname of these celestial objects are "dirty snowballs" .
meteor
Asteroids
planet
Comet
18
The name of the space craft we tested to use on future missions in December 4, 2014
Curiosity
Challenger
Apollo
Orion
19
The reason life is possible on Earth:we have liquid water, an atmosphere of nitrogen, and .....
too far from the sun
answer is not here
too close to the sun
perfect distance from the sun
20
The three layers of the moon are :
Maria's, craters, highlands
crust, mantle , core
coma, nucleus, tail
sister, daughter, capture
21
The name of the space probe that flew close to Pluto in July 2015.
Charon
Curiosity
Probe
Horizons
22
Planets are this shape because the gravity is distributed evenly.
Rectangle
potato
square
Sphere
23
This theory of the Moon's formation states that the moon was grabbed in by Earth's gravity.
nebula
Capture
daughter
sister
24
What are the outer planets ?
Jupiter, Saturn, Earth , Mars
Maury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Pluto , Ceres , Ceres
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus , Neptune
25
The theory that the solar system formed from spinning cloud of hot gasses....
nebula
daughter
Sister
capture
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This planet has had several rovers exploring its surface for years.
Mars
Mercury
Pluto
Venus
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Nickname for an asteroid
dirty snowball
minor planet
shooting star
meteor
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The shape of orbits
elliptical
round
square
triangle
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The three features of the moon:
Maria's, highlands , craters
nebula, comet, tail
sister, daughter, capture
Core, crust, mantle
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This is the most widely accepted theory about the Moon's formation.
Sister
daughter
capture
nebula
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Your weight on the Moon would be ------ of your weight on Earth?
1/6
1/4
1/2
1/10