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Minor Bodies in the solar system
Minor Bodies in the solar system
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The moon and its movement, other planet's moons, comets, meteors, and asteroids.
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Why is Neptune's moon, Triton, so unusual?
It's the largest moon in the solar system
It is made of gas
It is not spherical
It orbits Neptune backwards
2
Which phase of the moon is on the far right?
waning crescent
waxing gibbous
waning gibbous
waxing crescent
3
The tail of a comet always points in which direction?
away from the sun
toward the nearest planet
in the direction the comet is traveling
toward the sun
4
What are the rings of the gas giants made of?
optical illusion
hydrogen and helium
dark matter
rock and ice
5
What moon feature is this?
rille
maria
highland
ray
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What is this illustration describing?
synchronous orbit
origin of the moon
barycenter
tidal bulges
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What is this illustration describing?
perigee/apogee
synchronous orbit
barycenter
retrograde motion
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Which planet does NOT have any moons?
Neptune
Mars
Saturn
Venus
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What are Jupiter's four largest moons called?
Exomoons
Galilean moons
The Big Four
Jupitonian moons
10
Why term is used to describe why the same side of the moon always faces Earth?
retrograde motion
near sideness
synchronous orbit
moon walking
11
What is this image?
meteor
mediocre
meteoroid
meteorite
12
This is a spherical cloud outside the orbit of Neptune thought to be comet's origin.
Kuiper Belt
Andromeda Galaxy
Pluto/Charon
Oort Cloud
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What is this illustration describing?
partial solar eclipse
partial lunar eclipse
total solar eclipse
total lunar eclipse
14
Most asteroids are located between these two planets.
Mars and Earth
Jupiter and Saturn
Mercury and Venus
Jupiter and Mars
15
Which of Saturn's moons has erupting geysers and may have an underground ocean?
Enceladus
Ganymede
Io
Titan
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Which idea states that a Mars sized object struck Earth to eventually form the moon?
giant impact hypothesis
co-creation hypothesis
fission hypothesis
capture hypothesis
17
Why do impact craters on the moon not erode away?
moon's atmosphere prevents it
Earth's gravity keeps them intact
there is no wind, water, or tectonics
solar radiation keeps the ground heated
18
Why does the surface temperature on the moon vary greatly from the sunlight to shade?
moon's mass is too small
moon is too heavily cratered
moon has no atmosphere
moon is too far from the Earth
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The closest point in which the moon comes to Earth is called....
perihelion
apogee
perigee
aphelion
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What moon feature is this?
rille
highland
ray
maria
