Chapter 10.1 Exit Ticket

What is the 4th planet from the sun?

• Earth
• Mars
• Pluto
• Earth
• Venus

Between Mars and Jupiter is a region of the solar system called the __________.

• asteroid belt
• Milky Way
• Kuiper belt
• Oort Cloud

^{Objects made of ice, gas and dust and orbit our sun are called:}

• Asteroids
• Comets
• Meteroids
• Meteors

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One similarity between asteroids, comets and meteoroids is that they all:

• are made of rock
• come from the Asteroid Belt
• come from the Oort Cloud
• orbit the sun

Planets that have no solid surface and are made of gases such as hydrogen and helium are called:

• Gas Giants
• Terrestrial Planets

Asteroids "hang out" in the Asteroid Belt between the planets of:

• Earth and Mars
• Mercury and Venus
• Saturn and Neptune
• Mars and Jupiter

The first four planets that are closest to the sun are categorized as:

• Gas Giants
• Terrestrial Planets 

Planets that have a rocky or solid surface are called:

• Terrestrial Planets
• Gas Giants

When a meteoroid STRIKES the surface of the earth scientists refer to them as:

• Asteroids
• Comets
• Meteors
• Meteorites 

Which choice shows the correct order of the planets?

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

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