The Solar System

The force that keeps your feet on the ground and makes the world go round and round...

• Inertia

• Gravity

• Love

• Work

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The greater the _____________, the greater the gravitational pull of an object.

• mass

• weight

• height

• length

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The largest planet in the Solar System

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

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Difference between outer planets and inner planets are...

• Outer planets are smaller

• Outer planets are made mostly of rock

• Inner planets are smaller

• Inner planets are made mostly of gas

Celestial bodies that originate in the Keiper Belt or the Oort cloud, have long orbits, and tails of gas and dust...

• meteorites

• meteors

• asteroids

• comets

Asteroids are found mainly in...

• The Asteroid Belt, between Mars and Jupiter

• Near the Sun

• Near Saturn

• Between the Earth and Venus

When a meteor enters the Earth's atmosphere...

• The get bigger

• They bounce back to outer space

• Air friction causes them to heat up and burn up

• Air friction causes them to get colder and turn into ice.

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What two nations competed against each other to form the space race?

• Russia and China

• US and Russia

• China and US

• US and Germany

Who were Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins?

• First Russian cosmonauts in space

• US astronauts in first mission to the Moon

• Famous mathematicians

• Died tragically in the space shuttle disaster

In 1986, when Mr. Delgado was just a sophomore in high school, what tragic event occurred?

• Laika, the first dog in space, died

• The mars rover suddenly stoppdr working

• The space shuttle Challenger exploded after take off

• Apollo 13 mission was stuck on the dark side of the moon