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What is the atmosphere of Venus mostly made of?
Oxygen
Hydrogen
Carbon dioxide
Helium
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Gas giants are:
Very Dense
Very large
Very small
Solid
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What is a meterorite?
prediction of the weather
space object that reaches Earth's surface
A large meteor
the Sun
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Why do you see planets in the sky?
They give off their own light
You cannot see planets from Earth
Because they are close to Earth
They reflect sunlight
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It takes Uranus 84 Earth years to orbit the sun. If it orbited the Sun 2 times-
You would be 84 Earth years
You would be 128 Earth years old
You would be 2 Earth years old
You would be 168 Earth years old
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Which planet is called Earth's "sister" planet?
Pluto
Venus
Mercury
Saturn
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Which planets are closest together?
Outer planets
Inner planets
Gas Giants
Older planets
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Which planet is the largest in our solar system?
Saturn
Jupiter
Earth
Neptune
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What are planet rings mainly made of?
Gold
Ice
Gas
Rock
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What does a meteor look like?
A constant glow in space
Breif streak of light in space
A star
A moon
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The sun:
Is a planet
Is a star
Is an astroid
Is a comet
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A comet is made of:
rock
ice
Metal
ice, rock & metal
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What are the terrestrial planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and Jupiter
Mercury, Venus, and Earth
Mercury, Venus, Earth, & Mars
Mercury and Venus
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How many stars are in the Milky Way?
thousands
millions
billions
hundreds
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Venus takes 8 months to turn on it's axis. This causes:
Short day and night
Short seasons
Long days and nights
Long seasons
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Why is Venus so hot?
Because the rock that makes up Venus is hot
It is not hot- it is very cold
It is the closest planet to the Sun
It has a dense atmosphere that holds in heat
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Jupiter takes 10 hours to rotate on it's axis 1 time. This causes:
Seasons to last longer than on Earth
Night and day to be longer than on Earth
Seasons to be shorter than Earth's seasons
Night and day to be shorter than on Earth
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What planets are called "Gas Giants?"
Jupiter and Saturn
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, & Neptune
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, & Uranus
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
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How can a planet's atmosphere make it's surface warmer?
Because the reaction generates heat
The atmosphere always makes a planets surface colder
It gives off gasses that are warm
Slows the loss of energy
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Which of these can shape a planets crust?
Weathering & Erosion
Impact cratering
Volcanism
Tectonics
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What is an asteroid?
A small planet
Large chunk of ice in space
Small solid rocky body
Small chunk of ice in space
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The Sun's mass is:
75% of our solary system
50% of our solar system
99% of our solar system
25% of our solar system
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What sized star is the sun?
Medium
Large
Tiny
Small
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What is the Great Red Spot on Jupiter?
A large piece of iron
A new storm
A storm over 100 years old
The core
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Mars is:
1st planet from the Sun
2nd planet from the Sun
3rd planet from the Sun
4th planet from the Sun
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Which planet has such a low density that it could float on water?
Saturn
Earth
Pluto
Jupiter
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Why don't we have a lot of meteorites reach Earth?
They are too far away
There are not many in space
Gravity keeps them away
Most burn up in our atmosphere
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What is an astronomical unit?
Earth's average distance from the Sun
The distance from Earth to Pluto
The average time it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun
The Sun's average distance from the next star
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Venus takes 243 Earth days to rotate.
You would never live through a full day
A year would last 243 Earth days
Summer would last 61 Earth days
You would have night and day more frequent than on Earth
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On the moon:
Gravity would crush you
You would weigh less
You would weigh more
You would weigh the same
