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Solar System - Review (minus sun)
Solar System - Review (minus sun)
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Solar System and Beyond
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1
Comets come from the __.
Kuiper Belt
Asteroid Belt
Oort Cloud
None of these
2
What planet orbits the sun in 88 days?
Mercury
Mars
Venus
Earth
3
Which planet rotates backward (retrograde rotation)?
Sun
Earth
Venus
Pluto
4
Which planet has the lowest density?
Saturn
Jupiter
Mercury
Neptune
5
What planet is fifth from the Sun?
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Earth
6
The rings of the Jovian planets are made of _.
Rock
Mostly Ice
Exiled students of Mr. Linton
Condensed Gas
7
Which planet has the fastest winds?
Neptune
Mars
Uranus
Earth
8
Which planet shows retrograde motion?
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Saturn
9
What does the earth's rotation cause?
all of the above
the seasons
day and night
earthquakes
10
Which planet is not a gas giant (Jovian)?
all of the above
Mars
Neptune
Saturn
11
Why are we able to see the moon and other planets in the solar system?
they make their own light
the sun reflects light on the moon and planets
the moon reflects light on the planets
Earth reflects light on them
12
Where is the asteroid belt located?
between Mars and Jupiter
between Saturn and Jupiter
next to the sun
between Earth and Mars
13
Planet that has a thick CO
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Atmosphere with 90x the air pressure of Earth.
Jupiter
Venus
Uranus
Mars
14
What causes the seasons on Earth?
Distance to the sun
none of the above
Earth's tilt and rotation
Earth's tilt and revolution
15
Which is not a moon of Jupiter?
Callisto
Io
Ceres
Europa
16
Which planet is very hot in the day (450 deg C), but very cold at night (-160 deg C)?
Mars
Venus
Saturn
Mercury
17
A piece of rock that has made its way to the surface of the Earth is called a _.
Meteorid
Meteorite
Meteor
Comet
18
This is the last planet in our solar system.
Mercury
Saturn
Neptune
Pluto
19
This planet rotates on its side.
Jupiter
Neptune
Uranus
Saturn
20
This is the largest planet in our Solar System.
Earth
Venus
Jupiter
Uranus
21
A comets tail always points away from the sun due to the/its __.
gravity
velocity
solar winds
sublimation
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pieces of rock or metal that enter Earth's atmosphere & burn up; "shooting stars"
comets
meteors
asteroids
meteroids
23
These objects are chunks of ice mixed with bits of rock and dust with a long vaporous tail.
comets
asteriods
meteors
meteorites
24
Planet covered in Iron-oxide.
Mars
Jupiter
Earth
Neptune
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Which is not a step in the formation of the Solar System?
Gas cloud collapses, spins, and flattening
Leftover gas and rock condense to form planets
A shockwave from the sun formation created the planets
Gravity contracts the gas cloud