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Touring the Universe
Jupiter and Saturn are known as the _____
asteroids
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Touring the Solar system: The Planets
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asteroids
A mass of interstellar dust and gas
The gas that surrounds a planet or star
A body that revolves around a larger body
Rocky chucks that orbit the sun
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Jupiter and Saturn are known as the _____
gas giants
ice giants
Kuiper Belt objects
distant planets
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True or False: Neptune is the only giant planet that does not have rings or moons
True
False
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gravity
How much matter an object contains
A mutual physical force attracting two bodies
A naturally occurring satellite
an object takes as it revolves around another body
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Uranus’ blue color is attributed to
a deep atmosphere
None of these
methane gas
Ice on the planet’s surface
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A naturally occurring satellite that orbits a larger planetary body
Moon
none of these
star dust
Mars
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density
the ratio between the mass of an object and its volume
A mutual physical force attracting two bodies
A naturally occurring satellite
mass of interstellar dust and gas
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A body that revolves around a larger body
Mars
rocky chunks in space
none of these
satellite
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Which of the following statements about Venus is true
All of the above
After the moon, it is the brightest object in the night sky
It is covered in clouds
It is about the same size as Earth
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True or false: Mars has the highest mountain inthe solar system
False
True
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comet
naturally occurring satellite that orbits a planetary body
A group of stars, gas, and dust
A small, frozen mass of dust and gas orbiting the sun
approximately 20 billion years old
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Which of the following statements about comets is true
They have two tails: a dust tail and an ionic tail
They are visible throughout their flights
They form tails when they pass through the Kuiper Belt
They were first discovered by Sir Edmund Halley
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The closed path that an object takes as it revolves around another body
dust and gas
moon
orbit
Venus
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Four inner planets are called the __planets; they are composed of rock with a metal core.
gas giants
terrestrial
Jovian
giant
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True or False-All planets have been visited by spacecraft
False
True
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mass
none of these
How much matter an object contains
A mutual physical force attracting two bodies
the ratio between the mass of an object and its volume
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galaxy
A group of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity
How much matter an object contains
none of these
A body that revolves around a larger body
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atmosphere
gas that surrounds a planet or star
the ratio between the mass of an object and its volume
the closed path that objects take
A small, frozen mass of dust and gas
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True or False: All planets have been visited by spacecraft
True
False
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nebula
mass of interstellar dust and gas
A mutual physical force attracting two bodies
matter an object contains
The gas that surrounds a planet or star
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How old is our solar system
100 million years
4.5 billion years
4.5 million years
none of these
