When a planets orbit around the Sun looks like an oval, it’s called a(n)

- ellipse - circle - axis

- rotation

Which of the following planets are all made up of gas?

- Venus, Mars, Saturn and Pluto

- Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune - Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Pluto - Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus

What is the closest planet to the Sun?

- Mercury - Earth - Mars - Venus

Beyond what number is the Kuiper belt found?

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What is the largest Planet in the Solar System?

- Venus - Pluto

- Saturn - Jupiter

What makes Uranus look blue-green?

-The rocks it is made out of -The clouds that surround it

-The Sun because it is so far away -The methane mixed with helium and hydrogen

Which of the following describes

the terrestrial planets?

-hot, dry, and dense

-small, dense, and rocky

-large, light, and gaseous

-small, light, and solid

Which planet is hottest?

Planet Distance From Sun

Earth 149.5 million Km

Jupiter 777.3 million Km

Mars 227.9 million Km

Mercury 57.9 million Km

Venus 108.2 million Km

Earth 149.5 million Km

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Which planet is known as ‘The Red Planet’?

Jupiter Saturn Pluto Mars

What is one way that gas giants differ

from the terrestrial planets?

Which statement is NOT correct?

-The Earth orbits the Sun -The Moon orbits the Earth

-The Sun orbits the Milky Way -The Moon provides the energy

for our Solar System

A comet travels more quickly in its orbit when it is closer to the Sun.

Why?

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Why does a SOLAR eclipse occur?

-The Sun goes behind another planet -The Moon comes between the

Sun and the Earth -The Earth faces away from the Sun

-The Sun goes out for a while

Number of measured asteroids each year

What inference can you make from this data?

What is the INDEPENDENT

VARIABLE in the investigation that created this data?

What is the arrow pointing to in this diagram?

(From http://www.solarviews.com)

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The name of the space mission that carried NASA astronauts

to the Moon in 1969 was?

Apollo 13 Challenger Apollo 11 Apollo 2

What is the DEPENDENT

VARIABLE in the investigation that created this data?

What happens to the tail of a comet as it gets closer to the sun?

A and C point to what parts of a comet?

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The majority of Asteroids are found in a belt located between what two planets?

-Earth and Mars -Mars and Venus -Mars and Jupiter

-Jupiter and Saturn

Which of the following statements best explains why the comet travels more quickly when it is closer to the Sun?

-The mass of the comet increases

-The temperature of the comet increases -The frictional force on the comet increases

-The gravitational pull on the comet increases

A day on Jupiter takes about 9 hours, 56 minutes. Which fact would best explain this short day?

-Jupiter is less dense than Earth

- Jupiter is much farther from the Sun than Earth

- Jupiter rotates more rapidly than Earth - Jupiter’s orbit has greater eccentricity than

Earth’s

Which of the following correctly lists

the objects in space from smallest to largest?

-star, galaxy, solar system, universe -star, solar system, galaxy, universe -star, solar system, universe, galaxy -star, universe, solar system, galaxy

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What keeps the Earth in its orbit?

-The Sun’s speed rotating

-The Sun’s gravitational pull -The Earth’s spin direction

-The Earth’s location between other planets

The cloud of gas and dust that formed our solar system is the

_____?_____

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According to the data below, which of these planets takes the longest time to

revolve around the Sun?

Planet Data

Mass (kg) Distance from

Sun (km)

Saturn 568x1024 1433.5 x106

Jupiter 1899 x1024 788.6 x106

Uranus 86.8 x1024 2872.5 x106

Neptune 102 x1024 4495.1 x106

According to the data below, which of these planets probably has the highest temperature?

Planet Data

Mass (kg) Distance from

Sun (km)

Saturn 568x1024 1433.5 x106

Jupiter 1899 x1024 788.6 x106

Uranus 86.8 x1024 2872.5 x106

Neptune 102 x1024 4495.1 x106

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A year on Jupiter is 4,333 days long. A year on Mercury is 88 days long.

Why do planets have different length years?

-A year is longer on larger planets. -Each planet has its own orbital period.

-Some planets are larger than other planets. -Planets exert a gravitational force

on other planets.

Natural or artificial bodies that orbit larger celestial bodies such as

planets are called _____?_____

Small bodies of ice and cosmic dust are called

_____?_____

Which planets have rings?

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Which of the following keeps the planets in our solar system in orbit

around the Sun?

-Atmospheric pressure -Gravitational force

-Electromagnetic energy -Thermal energy

The glowing trails that result when Meteoroids burn up in

Earth’s atmosphere are called

_____?_____

Which of the following is a body that

reaches Earth’s surface?

-A meteorite

-A meteoroid

-An asteroid

-A comet

Many scientists think that

comets originate in

_____?_____

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On which planet is Olympus Mons, the highest volcano in the Solar System,

located?

Which planet has the most moons?

What is the comet belt outside of Pluto's orbit called?

What are the terrestrial planets?

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