Astronomy and Space Science

The solar system consists of the sun, smaller objects, and ...

• 8 planets and their moons
• 6 planets 
• only moons
• more than 100 stars

A giant cloud of dust and gas formed the solar system.

• True 
• False

They are small and have rocky bodies. 

• this describes the inner planets 
• this describes the outer planets 

Which is the smallest terrestrial planet?

• Mercury 
• Mars
• Earth
• Venus

Saturn is known for it's _______. 

• rings
• atmopshere
• moons
• temperature 

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Saturn's rings are made of chunks of 

• volcanoes
• ice and rock
• nitrogen and helium 
• ice and 

Uranus is different that other planets because it rotates on it's side. 

• True
• False

Hydrogen and Helium make up the _______.

• Inner Planets 
• Gas gaints
• Middle Planets 
• Terrestrial Planets 

Geocentric model is where ____ is at the center.

• Sun
• Earth 

Heliocentric is where the ____is at the center. 

• Earth
• Sun