Unit 4- Solar System Review

The outer planets are known as the "gas giants"?

The Earth, the Sun, and the seven other planets that are in orbit around the Sun are part of...

Since 2006, what has Pluto been classified as in the Solar System?

The three major types of galaxies are: spiral, irregular, and elliptical...

What causes objects in the solar system to move in regular and predictable patterns?

Which planets make up the "outer planets"?

Which of the following best describes the shape of the Earth's orbit?

This celestial body at the center of the solar system is a large ball of gases, mostly helium and hydrogen...

If you looked through a small telescope in your back yard, around which planet would you see rings?

The Solar System is made up of planets, comets, asteroids,moons, and the Sun. The force that holds these together is...

Who founded the "Law of Universal Gravitation"?

Why do stars move through the night sky?

How many days does it take for Earth to take one revolution around the Sun?

The planets known as "terrestrial" (means of the earth) are which?

The diagram below shows the orbit of the inner planets around the Sun. Which inner planet has the longest year?

This term term means the Sun is the center of the Solar System...