stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
The Solar System Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
The Solar System
The Solar System
24 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
40 plays
Imported from external platform
Flashcards
24 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
24
Answers
1
long distances in spaces are measured in...
kilometres
light years
meters
light second
2
Mercury has moons.
False
True
3
What is a moon
Natural rock made by asteroids that have a glowing effect caused by stars
A source of light
a cheese ball
a natural satellite which is any object that orbits a planet
4
What is the planet with the most moons in the solar system?
Mars
None of the above
Neptune
Jupiter
5
Jupiter is a inner planet
False
True
6
How many Galaxies are there?
estimated 100 billion (but thought to increase to 200 billion)
100 trillion (but thought to be increased to 150 trillion)
infinite galaxies
how am I supposed to know?
7
Ganymede moon is the largest moon in our solar system
True
False
8
what degree is Earth's axis?
32.56
26.33 degrees
23.44 degrees
67.34
9
the planet, _______ has a complex ring system
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
Mars
10
How many dwarf planets are there?
3
5
4
6
11
What are space probes
crafts that travel through space and transmit data back to earth
a type of space rock that is small in size and colored gray
none of the above
a type of space germ/infection
12
shooting stars are actually...
generally a rock
meteor
asteroids
stars that have fallen from the sky due to gravity
13
What does AU stand for?
All of the above
Astronumical Unit
Astronaut Unit
Astronomical Unit
14
What are inner planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
Inner planets are planets that are closer to the sun
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
a planet that orbits within the asteroid belt
15
What does Terrestrial mean?
Earth-like
humid
Rocky
made of gas
16
The ''dirty snowballs'' of space are.....
snowballs that are dirty and accidentally went to space with astronauts
Comets
snowballs, nothing more and nothing less
snowballs that circle around planets and cause planets to be cold
17
Neptune is the farthest planet.
True
False
18
the asteroid belt is between _____ and _____
Mars and Jupiter
The inner planets and the outer planets
Saturn and Mars
Mercury and Jupiter
19
What Galaxy are we in?
Milky Way
Twix
Milky Bar
Hershey
20
How far is the Sun from the Earth?
150 million km
156 million km
147 million km
137 million km
21
What are space sations?
All of the above
Astronaut hangouts (a place where astronauts chill out and talk)
A combination of a lab and an apartment for astronauts in space.
A weather information machine that tells astronauts weather information
22
Why does Mars look red?
It contains iron oxide or rust
Because it's red.
Storms pickup rocks and throws them which uncovers mars core which is red
?
23
The Terrestrial planets are...
inner planets
planets that are pretty
Jupiter, Mars, Neptune and Mercury
all of the above
24
what is a elliptical galaxy shaped like?
none of the above
a galaxy
2 straight lines with stars inside
shaped like a huge egg
