The Solar System

The sun is a star.

• True

• False

These are made of rocky materials and potentially metal.

• Comets

• Steroids

• Impact Craters

• Asteroids

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Which of the following are made of dust and ice?

• Asteroids

• Impact Craters

• Comets

• Dirty Ice Cream

Which of the following is NOT a criteria of what classifies something as a planet.

• It orbits the sun.

• It is nearly spherical.

• Must clear away any other objects of a similar size near its orbit around the Sun.

• It has moons.

Inner planets are also known as Gas Giants.

• True

• False

Which type of planets are rocky? Choose all that apply.

• Terrestrial

• Outer

• Gas Giants

• Inner

The Earth, at its equator, is how many AU from the Sun?

• 0.5 AU

• 1.0 AU

• 1.5 AU

• 2.9 AU

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This is the closest planet to the Sun.

• Venus

• Mercury

• Earth

• Jupiter

Why is Venus the hottest planet in our Solar System?

• It is the closest planet to the sun.

• It has seas of liquid methane.

• It's atmosphere is so thin.

• It has a runaway greenhouse effect.

Which of the following planets has liquid water on it?

• Mars

• Europa

• Earth

• Enceladus