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Describe the outer planets
Small, gassy, with few moons
Large, gassy, with many moons
Large, rocky, with many moons
Small, rocky, with many moons
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Name the largest planet in our solar system
Jupiter
Uranus
Earth
Venus
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Describe the inner planets
Small , rocky, many moons
Large, gassy, many moons
Small, rocky, with few moons
Large, rocky, with few moons
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Which planet is closest to the sun?
Uranus
Mercury
Saturn
Mars
5
How is gravity affected by distance?
Distance does not affect the pull of gravity
Less distance = less gravity
Greater distance - less gravity
Greater distance = greater gravity
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What causes a comet to develop a tail?
The Oort Cloud
The solar wind
Saturn's gravitational pull
Earth's gravitational pull
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If you go anywhere else in the universe, your __may change, but your __will stay the same.
mass, weight
appearance, weight
weight, appearance
weight, mass
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Where is the asteroid belt located?
Between Earth and Mars
Between Mars and Jupiter
Beyond Pluto
Between Saturn and Uranus
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Which part of the comet is the coma?
B
C
A
D
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On which planet would you weigh the most?
Saturn
Earth
Jupiter
Mercury
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What is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter?
Clouds of Magellan
Pluto
Oort Cloud
Asteroid Belt
12
The pull of gravity on an object is know as..
Volume
Weight
Gram
Mass
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The tail of a comet always points.......
Always in front of the comet
Toward the sun
Always behind the comet
Away from the sun
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Which part of the comet is the nucleus?
A
D
C
B
15
Pieces of rock that strike the surface of a moon or planet are called?
Comets
Meteorites
Meteor showers
Meteors
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Which two are inner planets?
Venus and Neptune
Saturn and Uranus
Earth and Jupiter
Mercury and Earth
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Where do meteoroids usually come from?
Solar Winds
Comets or Asteroids
Debris from other galaxies
Beyond the solar system
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Which planet is the farthest from the sun?
Jupiter
Mars
Neptune
Earth
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The quantity of matter in an object is known as....
Weight
Density
Volume
Mass
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How is gravity affected by mass?
Greater mass = greater gravity
Greater mass = less gravity
Less mass = greater gravity
Mass does not affect the pull of gravity
