Sci 6 2024 - Solar System Formation and Structure

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The largest object in our solar system is ___________.

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The sun

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What is between the inner and outer planets?

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The Asteroid Belt

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An object in the solar system that has an icy center and is surrounded by a cloud of dust and gas is called a......

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comet

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Why is Pluto not a planet?

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It has not cleared the neighborhood around its orbit of smaller objects.

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Name the planets in order, starting closest from the sun:

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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

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What six things make up our Solar System? Options: Sun, Planets, Moons, Asteroids, Comets, Meteors, Galaxies, Planets, Stars, Asteroids, Planets, Moons, Sun, Planets, Moons, Stars, Asteroids, Comets, Planets, Stars, Galaxies, Comets, Meteors, Sun

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Sun, Planets, Moons, Asteroids, Comets, Meteors

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The outer edge of our solar system beyond Neptune where Dwarf planets such as Pluto orbit is called the

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Kuiper Belt

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A representation used to study objects or ideas that are too complex, distant, large or small to study firsthand.

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Model

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Which of these are comets composed of? ice and dust, metals and dust, hydrogen and ice, hydrogen and helium

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ice and dust

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Which of these are asteroids composed of? ice and rocks, metals and rocks, hydrogen and ice, hydrogen and helium

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metals and rocks