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The Earth in the Universe. The Solar System
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Astronomical Unit
All are correct
150 million kilometers
Distance from Earth to the Sun
Unit of distance
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Are smaller
Gaseous planets
Rocky planets
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What is the smaller planet of the Solar System?
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Mars
4
Planets emit light of their own
True
False
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How many moons does Uranus have?
89
0
27
48
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What is a nebula?
A cloud of gas and dust in space
A planet
The gravity that pulls the particles
The solar system
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They do not have rings
All rocky planets
Mercury and Venus
Mars, Earth and Jupiter
Mars and Earth
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Has a mean temperature of 6,000ºC
Corona
Radiative zone
Chromosphere
Photosphere
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How many planets are there in the solar system?
7
6
8
9
10
Which is hotter?
Core
Photosphere
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Part of the Sun where nuclear reactions take place
chromosphere
convective zone or convection zone
core or nucleus
Radiative zone or radiation zone
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A group of billions of stars and nebula is called
Galaxy
Planetary System
Asteroid belt
Planetary nebula
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Which statement is true about a nebula
Theres one in the core of the earth
They can make stars
they are small
a series of islands in the Mediterranean
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Temperature in the core of the Sun
- 200ºC
15 million degrees Celsius
6,000ºC
200,000 million degrees Celsius
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Planetary systems
One or more stars and the celestial bodies that orbit them
Planets and dwarf planets orbiting around each other.
A planet or planets and the satellites that orbit them
Clouds of gas and dust created from the remains of stars
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Io can be found orbiting
Mars
Saturn
Sun
Jupiter
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The Sun is...
made of mostly hydrogen and helium
a star
All are correct
99.8% of all of the mass of the Solar System
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The difference between planets and dwarf planets
Planets have cleared their orbits of other objects; dwarf planets haven't
Planets are spherical and dwarf planets aren't.
Planets are close to the star and Dwarf Planets are far away.
Dwarf planets have cleared their neighborhood of debris;planets haven't
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Comets
None of the others is true
They orbit around planets
They have circular orbits
Are made of ice and rock
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Uranus Is bigger than Earth
True
False
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The sixth planet from the Sun features an extensive ring system, which is its name?
Uranus
Jupiter
Neptune
Saturn
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Which planets rotate clockwise?
Mars and Uranus
Mars and Venus
Venus and Uranus
Venus and Neptune
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Solar wind emanates from this layer of the Sun
Corona
Chromosphere
Photosphere
Radiative zone
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Planets that do not have satellites
Mercury and Venus
Venus and Uranus
Mercury and Mars
Venus and Pluto
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Have rings
Rocky planets
Gaseous planets
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Planetary Nebula are particles from a star after _____.
4:20 in the afternoon
Becoming a Planet
It gets married
Death
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The Sun is the only star in our solar system.
True
False
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Our galaxy is
Proxima Centauri
Milky Way
Cassiopeia
Andromeda
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Thin or non-existent atmospheres
Rocky planets
Gaseous planets
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Imaginary paths that celestial bodies make around other stars, planets or dwarf planets
Ecliptic
Orbits
Elliptic
Rotation
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4th planet of the solar system
Mercury
Mars
Earth
Venus
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Phobos and Deimos are satellites of
Venus
Jupiter
Neptune
Mars
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Which planet is nicknamed the Red Planet
Earth
Uranus
Venus
Mars
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Force that holds the system together, all motions of bodies depend on this force
Solar wind
Gravity
Magnetism
Ecliptic
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Sunspots are found in this part of the Sun
Corona
Photosphere
Core or nucleus
Chromosphere
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Asteroids are bigger than meteoroids
False
True
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Dwarf planet located in the main asteroid belt
Ceres
Eris
Mars
Makemake
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Titania is a satellite of
Jupiter
Saturn
Neptune
Uranus
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Sun's surface
Corona
Convective layer
Photosphere
Chromosphere
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Titan is a satellite of
Mars
Neptune
Jupiter
Saturn
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Whipped by supersonic winds
Neptune
Venus
Haumea
Uranus
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The solar system formed 4.6 billion years ago when a disk of dust and gas was pulled together by ________.
gravity
planets
galaxy
moons
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What Planet in our solar system is farthest from the sun
Neptune
Uranus
Mercury
Pluto
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What theory explains the creation of our universe?
Big Bang Theory
Big Chunk Theory
Solar Nebula Theory
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How many planets in our Solar System have rings?
1
2
4
6
46
Pluto is a
comet
dwarf planet
planet
asteroid
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Which is NOT part of our solar system ?
the moons around jupiter
comets
asteroids
stars that are not the sun
48
How many gaseous planets are there in the solar system?
3
5
4
8
49
Coldest planet
Makemake
Uranus
Neptune
Venus
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Haumea is a
comet
asteroid
dwarf planet
planet
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Venus and Neptune rotate clockwise
True
False
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What planet has The Great Red Spot or The Eye?
Venus
Sun
Mars
Jupiter
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Gives Uranus its blue color
Water
Sulfuric acid
Methane
Carbon dioxide
54
Prominences emanate from this part of the sun
Corona
Chromosphere
Core or nucleus
Photosphere
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Enceladus is a satellite of
Mars
Jupiter
Neptune
Saturn
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Which planet in the Solar System is the hottest?
Mars
Earth
Mercury
Venus
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Speed of light
300,000 km/s
150,000,000 km
Light year
300,000,000 km/h
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Uranus has a tilted axis.
False
True
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Ganymede is a satellite of
Saturn
Neptune
Uranus
Jupiter
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Light-year
Is a unit of distance
Is a unit of time
150 million kilometers
300,000 km/h
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The force that holds planetary systems, galaxies and nebulae together is
Electricity
Gravity
Ecliptic
Speed of light
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Closest planet to Earth, has a toxic atmosphere
Mercury
Venus
Moon
Mars
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What unit is used to measure distances
within
the solar system?
Light Years
Kilometres
Astronomical Units
Light Seconds
64
The imaginary plane where Earth's orbit is located is
Elliptic
Orbit
Eclipsis
Ecliptic
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Triton is a satellite of
Uranus
Jupiter
Miranda
Neptune
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Europa is a satellite of
Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
Uranus
67
What is the largest/biggest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
Earth
Venus
Mars
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Mercury doesn't have an atmosphere
False
True
69
It's the last planet of the Solar system.
Venus
Earth
Mercury
Neptune
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Our planetary system is
Solar System
Milky Way
Proxima Centaury
Laniakea
