Space

What is the name for a star pattern that is visible in the night sky?

• a meteoroid
• a solar system
• a star chart
• a constellation

Which planet is the largest in the solar system and has a Great Red Spot?

• Jupiter
• Mars
• Mercury
• Saturn

Which is the correct order of the inner planets?

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
• Mercury, Earth, Mars, Venus
• Jupiter, Mars, Uranus, Neptune

Which separates the inner planets from the outer planets?

• Venus
• comets
• earth
• an asteroid belt

Which separates the inner planets from the outer planets?

• Venus
• comets
• earth
• an asteroid belt

What is one characteristic of Saturn?

• It would sink in water.
• it has a very large volcano.
• It has a large system of rings.
• It is tilted much more on its axis than other planets.

Which planet has an atmosphere made mostly of poisonous gases?

• earth
• Mercury
• Venus
• Mars

Which planet rotates on its side as seen from Earth?

• Earth
• Venus
• Uranus
• Neptune

What are terrestrial or the inner planets composed of?

• water
• gas
• rock 
• none of the above

Which of the following is true?

• Earth is the center of the solar system
• The sun orbits the earth
• Gravity exists only on Earth
• The sun is the center of the solar system

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