Unit 3 Test REVIEW_ Solar System

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What are the terrestrial planets made mostly of?

Back

Rock

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What is the shape of planets and dwarf planets?

Back

A Sphere

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Which planet is the furthest from the Sun?

Back

Neptune

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Where is the asteroid belt located?

Back

Between Mars and Jupiter

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Which planet rotates on its side?

Back

Uranus

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What are the four terrestrial planets in our solar system?

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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

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What are gas giants?

Back

Planets that are mostly made of gases, such as Jupiter and Saturn.

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What is the main component of the Sun?

Back

Hydrogen

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What is the Kuiper Belt?

Back

A region of the solar system beyond Neptune, filled with icy bodies.

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What defines a dwarf planet?

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A celestial body that orbits the Sun and is spherical but has not cleared its orbit.