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Duplicate of Planets Bracken
Duplicate of Planets Bracken
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Which planet is "tipped" on its side?
Venus
Neptune
Uranus
Earth
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A region of space between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
Asteroid Belt
Van Allen Belt
Meteor Field
Jupiter Zone
3
How many gas giants do we have?
5
8
4
6
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What planet has a storm called the Great Dark Spot?
Jupiter
Earth
Neptune
Uranus
5
What is the 8th planet from the sun?
Venus
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
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A rocky body that strikes Earth's surface without burning up completely.
Meteor
Asteroid
Meteorite
Comet
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What makes a planet a "terrestrial" planet?
They are farthest from the sun
They contain extra terrestrial life forms
They are made up of mostly greenhouse gasses
They have dense, rocky surfaces
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A unit of measurement based on the average distance between the Earth and the Sun
furlong
Astronomical Unit
light year
parsec
9
All the Planets in the Solar System have natural satellites except for...
Mercury and Uranus
Venus and Mars
Mercury and Venus
Mars and Mercury
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How many planets are in our solar system?
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None
8
Saturn
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How many moons does Jupiter have
none
7
63
23
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Which planet has a year that is only 88 Earth days long?
The moon
Neptune
Mercury
Jupiter
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Why is the surface of Venus so hot?
Many volcanoes are erupting on Venus's surface
Its the closest planet to the sun
Venus's orbit takes it through the Sun's corona.
Greenhouse gasses trap the heat near the planet's surface
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Which planet is the biggest planet in our solar sytem
Earth
Jupiter
Mars
Neptune
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Which planet's orbit is closest to the sun?
Mars
Venus
Pluto
Mercury
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Which planet has a permanent storm called the Great Red Spot?
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
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All of the following are true about the inner planets except for...
They tend to have few or no moons
They are spaced relatively close together
They are made up mostly of gas
Their surfaces are rocky
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What evidence is there that Mars once had liquid water?
a thick, dense atmosphere
features that resemble dry riverbeds
fossils of sealife recovered during rover missions
dark color of the Martian sand
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How many planets have more than 1 moon?
1
5
2
7
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If my pet monkey was riding an asteroid headed to Earth, what scale could we use to rate him?
Tardis Scale
Torino Scale
Richter Scale
Vector Scale
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These orbit the Sun and have been described as "dirty snowballs" made up of rock, ice, and dust
Asteroid
Comet
Cascade
Meteoroid
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How many inner planets are in our solar system?
4
2
5
6
