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Brief questions about the solar system
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1
Why do we use rockets?
Rockets propel probes in deep space
Astronauts ride in rockets
Rockets help capsules reenter Earth's atmosphere
Rockets overcome Earth's gravity
2
Planet distances inside the solar system are so large that we use what unit of measurement?
kilometers (km)
miles (mi)
light years (ly)
astronomical units (AU)
3
What causes a comet to form a coma and tail?
friction with the air
radiant energy from the sun
heat from the sun
gravity of the planets
4
Which planets below are terrestrial?
Venus and Earth
Jupiter and Saturn
Mercury and Neptune
Uranus and Mars
5
What type of probe would you send to study an outer planet?
Rover
Lander
Orbiter
Space Shuttle
6
Jovial planets are mainly made of...?
rock
hot water
plasma
gas
7
What is something that burns in the atmosphere giving a quick streak of light- shooting star?
meteorite
meteor
comet
asteroid
8
Venus' thick atmosphere causes it to have what characteristic?
largest planet
fastest planet
hottest planet
rotate backwards (retrograde)
9
What is the vapor cloud at the front of a comet called?
ion tail
nucleus
dust tail
coma
10
What is the rocky, icy core of a comet called?
inner core
nucleus
tail
coma
11
What keeps the planets in orbit?
Sun's radiant energy
Sun's size
Sun's gravity
Sun's thermal energy
12
What causes the moon's gravity to be less than Earth's gravity?
The moon is closer to the Sun than Earth
The moon has no atmosphere
The moon has not gravity
The moon has a smaller mass
13
When an object from space strikes the surface of a planet or moon, it is called a __________.
asteroid
meteorite
meteoroid
meteor
14
Which planet has a crater covered surface due to a thin atmosphere?
Mars
Venus
Mercury
Neptune
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What is a limitation to the model pictured?
It does not show the planet sizes
It does not show all the planets
It does not show the planets orbits
It does not include the sun
