5th Six Weeks Test -- Astronomy -- part 2

Our Solar System consists of a group of planets that _____ our Sun.

• rotate

• transform

• revolve

• planetoid

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Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are called _____.

• terrestrial

• gas giants

• oort cloud

• none of the above

_____ is the closest planet to our Sun.

• Pluto

• Neptune

• Jupiter

• Mercury

Earth's moon is larger than planet Earth.

• True

• False

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Which are terrestrial rocky planets?

• Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus

• Earth, Jupiter, Pluto

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Pluto, Comets, Asteroids, Meteors

_____ is a small, terrestrial planet that has one moon, contains liquid water, and an atmosphere.

• Mercury

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Earth

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All light in our Solar System comes from the _____.

• Comets

• Sun

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What separates all of our terrestrial planets from all of our gas planets in our solar system?

• nothing

• Mars

• Comets

• The Asteroid Belt

A _____ is a body in space that moves in a curved path around a star, such as our Sun?

• Moon

• Planet

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Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are called _____.

• Inner planets

• Outer planets

• Asteroids

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