Solar System Practice Questions

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What does the Law of Universal Gravitation state?

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Objects attract each other based on their mass and distance.

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What is the main reason planets do not get pulled into the Sun?

Back

Inertia.

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What is the Oort Cloud believed to be the source of?

Back

Many comets.

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What is the main difference between terrestrial and Jovian planets?

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Terrestrial planets are made of rock and metal.

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What are meteoroids?

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Small pieces of rock or metal traveling through space.

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What are terrestrial planets?

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Planets that are primarily composed of rock and metal.

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What are Jovian planets?

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Gas giants that are larger and have thick atmospheres.

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What is inertia?

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The tendency of an object to resist changes in its state of motion.

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What is gravity?

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A force that attracts two bodies towards each other.

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What is the Kuiper Belt?

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