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Ch 12 Solar System
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Any object that orbits another object in space
Lunar eclipse
Satellite
Revolution
Space probe
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Which planet is known for its Great Red Spot?
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
Mars
3
A reusable vehicle used to transport equipment and people into space
Satellite
Space Shuttle
Space probe
International Space Station
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Which one is NOT an outer planet?
Neptune
Pluto
Jupiter
Saturn
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Which planet is most like Earth?
Jupiter
Venus
Mars
Mercury
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The Sun's atmosphere
Aurora
Chromosphere
Photosphere
Corona
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Who was the first American in space?
Michael Collins
John Glenn
Neil Armstrong
Alan Shepard
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Who was the first American to orbit Earth?
John Glenn
Neil Armstrong
Michael Collins
Alan Shepard
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The outermost part of the Sun, only seen during a solar eclipse
Atmosphere
Corona
Chromosphere
Photosphere
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A planet's orbit around the Sun (year)
Totality
Revolution
Rotation
Axis
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What keeps the planets in orbit around the Sun?
the planets' gravity
the planets' revolution
the Sun's gravity and mass
the Sun's heat
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Which planet is the only one that rotates on its side?
Neptune
Uranus
Jupiter
Earth
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What are caused as different areas of the Moon's surface are lighted by the Sun?
The Moon's phases
Seasons
The Moon's craters
Solar flares
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What is the name of the area of small, icy objects that included Pluto and three other dwarf planets?
Kupier Belt
The Outer Planets
Asteriod Belt
The Milky Way
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Who helped create and improve the United States' rocket program?
Wernher von Braun
Rober Goddard
John Glenn
Alan Shepard
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Who launced the first liquid-fueled rocket?
Neil Armstrong
John Glenn
Wernher von Braun
Robert Goddard
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The Moon passing between the Sun and the Earth causing the Sun to appear to be blocked out
Lunar eclipse
Corona
Revolution
Solar eclipse
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The Moon makes its own light
False
True
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The surface of the Sun, what we see from Earth
chromosphere
corona
photosphere
aurora
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Which planet is knon as the "ringed planet"?
Saturn
Jupiter
Uranus
Neptune
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Which plant is the smallest
planet
?
Pluto
Mars
Venus
Mercury
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A planet's spin on its axis (day)
Eclipse
Totality
Rotation
Revolution
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Which fact about Venus is NOT true?
It is closest to Earth in distance
It is the brightest object in the morning sky
It has liquid water
It is sometimes called Earth's twin
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Which planet is the ONLY planet on which man can survive in his/her natural state?
Mars
Jupiter
Earth
Venus
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What is another name for all of the inner planets?
Terrestrial Planets
Gas Giants
Red Planets
Earth's Twins
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A
planet
must orbit the moon and be big enough for its own gravity to keep it in the shape of sphere.
True
False
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Which of these facts is NOT true about a dwarf planet?
Gravity makes it spherical
Is alone on its orbit path
Shares its orbit path with other objects
Orbits the Sun
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Which planet is the largest planet?
Jupiter
Uranus
Saturn
Neptune
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Which planet is the hottest planet?
Venus
Jupiter
Mercury
Mars
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An unmanned research spacecraft sent beyond Earth's orbit
Probe
Asteroid
Meteoroid
Satellite
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Which planet has the most violent weather?
Uranus
Mars
Neptune
Jupiter
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Energy emitted in the form of beautiful colors of light at Earth's Poles
Lunar eclipse
Solar flare
Corona
Aurora
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Which planet is also known as the
Red Planet
?
Mars
Mercury
Venus
Jupiter
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The Outer Planets are called Terrestrial Planets becuase their surfaces are made of gases.
True
False
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The Moon passing through the shadow of the Earth causing it to become orange/red in color
Rotation
Corona
Lunar eclipse
Solar eclipse
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What is located between Mars and Jupiter?
Pluto
Aseroid Belt
Kuiper Belt
Meteor Belt
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Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?
John Glenn
Michael Collins
Buzz Aldren
Neil Armstrong
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Which one is NOT an inner planet
Uranus
Mars
Venus
Mercury
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Sunspots are dark spots on the photosphere of the Sun that may be related to solar storms.
True
False
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Which planet is closest to the Sun?
Mars
Neptune
Mercury
Venus
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What is another name for all of the outer planets?
Terrestrial Planets
Gas Giants
Kuiper Belt
Big Planets
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Orbits Earth, maintained and used by 16 different countries
Tiangong
International Space Station
Satellite
Space Shuttle
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A dwarf planet orbits the Sun alone, with no other objects in the path of its orbit
False
True
