Exploring Our Solar System

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What is the primary force that keeps planets in orbit around the sun?

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Gravity

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VA.6.2.c

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Which planet is known as the "Red Planet"?

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Mars

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VA.6.2.b

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What is the term for the path a planet takes as it revolves around the sun?

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Orbit

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VA.6.2.c

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Which planet is the largest in our solar system?

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Jupiter

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VA.6.2.b

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What is the main component of the sun?

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Hydrogen

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VA.6.2.a

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Which planet is closest to the sun?

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Mercury

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VA.6.2.b

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What is the term for the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass?

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Gravity

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VA.6.2.c

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Which of the following is a gas giant? Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Venus

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Jupiter

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VA.6.2.b

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Who proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system?

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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VA.6.2.d

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What is the smallest planet in our solar system?

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Mercury

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VA.6.2.b