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The inner planets that experience a greenhouse effect are
Mercury and Earth
Mercury and Mars
Venus and Earth
Venus and Mars
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The planet that is closet to the sun
Mercury
Earth
Venus
Mars
3
The Red Planet
Mercury
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
4
The Hottest Planet
Mars
Mercury
Venus
Earth
5
Which planet is a dwarf planet?
Pluto
Earth
Mercury
Uranus
6
All the inner planets have an atmosphere except
Venus
Earth
Mars
Mercury
7
A chunk of rock or metal that orbits the sun
planet
moon
asteroid
comet
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An imaginary line that the planets rotate on is called?
comet
axis
moon
meteor
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Titan is the largest moon on this outer planet
Jupiter
Uranus
Neptune
Saturn
10
Earth is the only planet with clean air and water.
True
False
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All of these are dwarf planets EXCEPT
Eris
Ceres
Uranus
Pluto
12
The sun is a(n)
asteroid
star
planet
satellite
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The planet with the most rings
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
14
Some regions of Mars have giant
volcanoes
forests
rivers
lakes
15
The planets orbit around the what?
Sun
Comets
Moon
Planets
16
Once the 9th planet in the solar system and is now considered a dwarf planet
Eris
Ceres
Neutron
Pluto
17
Neptune's blue color comes from
hydrogen in the air
nitrogen in the air
iron oxide in the air
methane in the air
18
Large eruptions of gas from the sun out into space are called
solar flares
sun spots
prominences
solar wind
19
A large ball of ice and dust that orbits the sun
moon
planet
comet
asteroid
20
The four outermost planets are made of liquid and
iron
rocks
gas
dust
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A trip around the sun is called?
Astronomy
Vacation
Orbit
Solar System
22
Mar's atmosphere is composed mostly
hydrogen
oxygen
carbon dioxide
nitrogen
23
Between Mars and Jupiter is a region of the solar system called the
asteroid belt
coma
Oort cloud
Kuiper belt
24
The sun is a giant what?
Meteorite
Star
Moon
Planet
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The sun produces energy through
radiation
photosynthesis
fusion
fission
26
All the outer planets have these, ranging from 14 to greater than 60
rings
moons
gas
stars
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A thin disk of small particles of ice and rock
asteroid
comet
rings
moons
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One day is the time it takes a planet to rotate on its
moon
axis
poles
equator
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All of these are "gas giants'" EXCEPT?
Saturn
Mars
Jupiter
Uranus
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The planet that rotates backwards
Earth
Jupiter
Venus
Neptune
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Scientists think the solar system formed about
4.6 million years ago
4.6 hundred thousand years ago
4.6 billion years ago
4.6 thousand years ago
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The only planet that supports life.
Mercury
Mars
Pluto
Earth
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The biggest planet in our solar system.
Saturn
Jupiter
Mercury
Neptune
34
The movement of an object around another object in space
float
revoltuion
axis
rotation
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Objects made of loose balls of ice and rock, with long, narrow orbits
satellites
asteroids
comets
meteors
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The Blue Planet
Earth
Uranus
Neptune
Venus
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A big ball of gas floating in space
moon
planet
star
rocket
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The planet that rolls on its side
Neptune
Earth
Uranus
Venus
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The sun and the planets that orbit around it is called?
solar system
planet
astronomy
globe
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All the known dwarfs planets except Ceres orbit in the
Kuiper belt
Oort cloud
coma
asteroid belt