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Solar System, Sun, Meteor, etc. Review-CJMS
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Solar System Review
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How old is the solar system?
14 million years old
4.6 million years old
14 billion years old
4.6 billion years old
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Which planets are relatively large?
Outer
None
ALL
Inner
3
Which planets have rings?
Inner
None
ALL
Outer
4
What is an asteroid?
a celestial body made of dust and ice
a small rocky body orbiting the sun
a celestial body made of Helium and Hydrogen
vaporizing rock/streak of light in the Earth's atmosphere
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What's a meteorite?
broken pieces of asteroid/comet's tail moving through space
a celestial body made of Helium and Hydrogen
tiny pieces of asteroid/rock that reach the Earth's surface
vaporizing rock/streak of light in the Earth's atmosphere
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Which planets have long days (rotation)?
Inner
ALL
Outer
None
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What is a comet?
a small rocky body orbiting the sun
vaporizing rock/streak of light in the Earth's atmosphere
a celestial body made of dust and ice
a celestial body made of Helium and Hydrogen
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What is a meteor?
vaporizing rock/streak of light in the Earth's atmosphere
a celestial body made of Helium and Hydrogen
a small rocky body orbiting the sun
a celestial body made of dust and ice
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What materials help us understand what our the solar system was like when it first formed?
Asteroids
Meteorites
Moons
Comets
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What feature on the sun do scientists use to monitor the solar cycle?
Prominences
Corona
Coronal Mass Ejections
Sunspots
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Which planets have relatively long orbital periods?
Neither
Outer
Both
Inner
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Which planets have elliptical orbits?
Outer
None
ALL
Inner
13
What part of the solar cycle is the best time to explore outside the internat. space station?
Solar Maximum
Solar Minimum
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What materials formed the solar system?
asteroid dust/ gasses
comet dust/gasses
planet dust/gasses
stellar dust/gasses
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Which planets have relatively fast orbital velocities?
Inner
Neither
Both
Outer
16
Which planets orbit the sun?
ALL
Inner
None
Outer
17
Which planets are located in the Asteroid Belt?
ALL
Outer
None
Inner
18
Which planets are located in the Milky Way?
Inner
ALL
None
Outer
19
When the sun is in solar maximum there is an increase in...
Sunspots
Solar Flares
Auroras
Coronal Mass Ejections
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Approximately how many years are between each solar cycle?
11 years
21 years
15 years
5 years
21
Which planets have lots of moons?
ALL
None
Inner
Outer
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What's a meteoroid?
a celestial body made of Helium and Hydrogen
broken pieces of asteroid/comet's tail moving through space
vaporizing rock/streak of light in the Earth's atmosphere
tiny pieces of asteroid/rock that reach the Earth's surface
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What part of the solar cycle is the best time to see the Northern Lights?
Solar Minimum
Solar Maximum
