Solar System

Which planet is the closest planet to the sun?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Mars

• Pluto

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Planets all move around the sun...

• counter clockwise.

• clockwise.

• in a circle.

• in standard time.

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The hottest planet in our solar system is?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

An example of a gravitational interaction is that the Earth. . . 

• orbits the Sun.
• orbits the moon.

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What is considered the glue that holds our Solar System together?

• the sun

• momentum

• gravity

• black holes

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Which planet is the sideways planet?

• Neptune

• Uranus

• Jupiter

• Pluto

Planets and moons shine by...

• energy given off by other planets.

• bioluminescence from each planet.

• reflected sunlight.

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What is the definition of orbit?

• the spinning of the earth on its axis
• when the lit part of the moon increases
• all of the planets, moon, and other space objects going around the sun
• the imaginary line that goes through the north and south poles that the earth spins on

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The sixth planet from the Sun; known for its large rings.

• Saturn

• Mercury

• Earth

• Mars

These are the 4 planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars) are known as

• terrestrial planets

• gas giants

• dwarf planets

• solar planets