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Unit 3 Solar System Review
Unit 3 Solar System Review
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What is the system that includes the Sun and all the bodies that orbit around it?
Geocentric Model
Galaxy
Universe
Solar System
2
Which two places in the solar system can you find dwarf planets?
Kuiper and Asteroid Belt
Kuiper belt and Oort cloud
Oort Cloud and asteroid belt
3
Which planet has a 98 degree tilt which causes it to orbit the Sun on its side?
Jupiter
Venus
Uranus
Neptune
4
What model uses Earth as a reference point?
Geocentric
Heliocentric
Geometric
Earth Model
5
Which gas giant is farthest from the sun?
Saturn
Jupiter
Neptune
Uranus
6
What is it called when a large bolder burns up in Earth's atmosphere?
Comet
Meteorite
Meteoroid
Meteor
7
What sphere surrounds the entire solar system and produces the most comets?
Universe
Oort Cloud
Kuiper belt
Asteroid Belt
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What process in the Sun produces large amounts of energy?
Atomic Bomb
Convection
Heat
Nuclear Fusion
9
What type of surface do terrestrial planets have?
Solid, rocky
sparkly
Soft
Gasous
10
This is the layer of the Sun where hydrogen nuclei fuse to form helium nuclei:
Corona
Radiative Zone
Convection Zone
Core
11
This is how often sunspot activity reaches its highest level (Years)
11 years
1 million years
100 years
1 year
12
The following planets have rings
except:
Uranus
Saturn
Mars
Jupiter
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planet has the highest surface temp due to the thick carbon dioxide atmosphere trapping heat
Mercury
Venus
Jupiter
Earth
14
Copernicus described the
MOTION
of the sun as being like this:
Circular
Square
Elliptical
Triangular
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What model represents when small objects REVOLVE around a large central object, or Sun?
Halocentric
Heliocentric
Galaxy
Geocentric
16
Which planet in the solar system has the LARGEST ring system?
Neptune
Uranus
Earth
Saturn
17
When distance between objects
increases,
gravitational forces do this?
Increase
Decrease
18
Which terrestrial planet has moons named Phobos and Deimos?
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
19
How many moons have been discovered orbiting Jupiter?
1,892
42
63
1
20
What is a force of attraction between two objects due to their MASS and DISTANCE?
Magnetism
Gravity
Power
Centripetal Force
21
This terrestrial planet is heavily cratered because it doesn't have an atmosphere
Mercury
Earth
Mars
Venus
22
Which
terrestrial
planet is farthest from the sun?
Uranus
Mars
Earth
Neptune
23
These objects can be found between Mars and Jupiter:
Comets
Asteroids
Snakes
Meteorites
24
This is the Primary
ATOMIC
reaction that takes place in the Sun's core:
Vaporization
Radiation
Convection
Nuclear Fusion
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Which small body would create a crater if it landed on
Earth's surface
?
Meteorite
Meteor
Meteoroid
Comet