Solar System

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Review: Why does the Earth have different seasons?

• Because of the distance between the Earth and the Sun

• Because of the amount of light blocked by the moon on its axis

• Because of the speed of Earth as it rotates on its axix

• Because of the tilt of the Earth on its axis as it moves around the sun

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Review: How many days does it take the Earth to revolve around the Sun?

• 30 days

• 100 days

• 365 days

• 40 days

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What is the largest object in our solar system?

• Sun

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Pluto

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Which planet is closest to the Sun?

• Uranus

• Neptune

• Mercury

• Earth

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What is the second closest planet to the sun?

• Earth

• Venus

• Saturn

• Mercury

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Which planet is third from the sun?

• Mars

• Venus

• Pluto

• Earth

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The inner planets are mainly:

• large and composed of gas

• not important

• small and rocky

• outside the asteroid belt

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Outer planets are mainly

• Giant and made of gas

• not that important

• small and rocky

• none of the above

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This separates the inner planets from the outer planets

• meteor middle

• asteroid belt

• comet curtain

• light drape

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What is an astronomical unit?

• the distance from the sun to mercury

• the distance from the sun to Earth

• 1 light year

• the distance from the sun to the asteroid belt