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Review in Preparation for our Solar System Test
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What is the largest planet in our Solar System?
Saturn
Jupiter
Earth
Sun
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This planet is the 3rd from the sun and is the only planet thought to have life.
Venus
Mars
Earth
Neptune
3
What planet is #7 from the Sun?
Uranus
Pluto
Neptune
Mercury
4
Which planet only has 1 moon?
Venus
Mercury
Mars
Earth
5
What is the 3rd Planet from the sun in this diagram?
Earth
Asteroid Belt
Venus
Mars
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The sun is at the center of our Solar System, what is the proper name of this space body?
Super-heated Asteroid
Star
Black Hole
Planet
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This planet is the farthest from the sun. Which planet is it?
Neptune
Uranus
Mars
Earth
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What planet has the largest temperature span from its highest to lowest temperatures?
Earth
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
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Which of these is Not a Gas Giant?
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
Venus
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What is the proper name for a Meteoroid that hits Earth's surface?
Meteorite
Space Rock
Ground Lander
Meteor
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Which of these is NOT true about our solar system?
2 planets spin in different directions than the rest
A comets tail always points to the sun
A dwarf planet can be found in our solar system.
It is approximately 5 billion years old.
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What is true about the inner vs. outer planets. Select all that apply.
The outer planets are generally larger than the inner ones
The planets only get larger going away from the sun
All of the planets revolve at the same speed.
Inner planets are rocky and outer planets are gaseous
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Which of these is NOT an inner planet?
Saturn
Earth
Mercury
Venus
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This is a ______________ and it is predominantly made of ___________________.
Comet; Ice
Meteoroid; Gas
Meteor; Silver
Asteroid; Ice
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Which of these is not an inner/rocky terrestrial planet?
Mercury
Uranus
Mars
Earth
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Falsely accused of being Earth's twin, what is this planet?
Mars
Uranus
Mercury
Venus
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The Outer Planets have What Characteristics that the Inner Do Not? Pick All That Apply.
Have Rings
Are Gas Giants
Have Many Moons (>2 moons)
Smaller in Size with Rocky Cores
18
Which planet is this? Hint: It rotates at a 90* to the rest of the planets.
Earth
Pluto
Neptune
Uranus
19
This image depicts the asteroid belt, where in our solar system is it located?
Between Mercury and Venus
Between Jupiter and Saturn
Between Earth and Mars
Between Mars and Jupiter
20
What is the streak of light produced by a meteoroid burning up in Earth's atmosphere?
Meteorite
Comet
Asteroid
Meteor
21
What Planet has a large "Red Spot" is actually a hurricane-like storm that is equal to 4 Earths
Saturn
Venus
Jupiter
Mars
22
What is this planet? Often referred to as the red planet due to its high percentage of rust.
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Mercury
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What planet is closest or #1 traveling away from the sun?
Mars
Mercury
Kuiper
Neptune
24
The Sun is located in the center of our solar system. It is constantly undergoing what process?
Nuclear Fission
Nuclear Fusion
Desensitization
Rapid Expansion
25
What is a proper acronym for the Planets?
Many Mice Just Sit Under Newly Exercised Vehicles
Mother Just Served Us Nachos Very Eagerly Monday
My Excessively Violent Mouse Just Sat Under Nelly.
My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nachos.
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This planet has an atmosphere made almost entirely of CO2 and Sulfuric Acid. Which planet is it
Jupiter
Venus
Uranus
Saturn
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What planet is this? It has hundreds of rings composed of rocks and ice.
Saturn
Neptune
Uranus
Jupiter
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Which of these is NOT a Gas Giant?
Venus
Saturn
Jupiter
Uranus
