Space Unit Review

Icy celestial bodies that travel through space often leaving a trail of gas and dust are called

• Asteroids

• Meteoroids

• Meteorites

• Comets

Rocky objects in outer space that orbit the sun and are smaller than planets are known as

• Asteroids

• Meteoroids

• Meteors

• Comets

A "space rock" burning up in Earth's atmosphere is called a(n)

• Meteor

• Comet

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

The asteroid belt is located between which two planets?

• Earth & Mars

• Mars & Jupiter

• Venus & Earth

• Jupiter & Saturn

From which of the following planets would the sun appear the largest?

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Venus

List the inner planets in order starting with the planet closest to the Sun.

• Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury

• Venus, Earth, Mercury, Mars

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Earth, Mars, Mercury, Venus

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List the outer planets in order starting with the planet closest to the Sun.

• Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Uranus, Neptune, Jupiter, Saturn

• Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter

After Earth, which planet would be the next most inhabitable in our solar system?

• The Moon

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Mars

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What force keeps the planets in orbit around the Sun?

• Gravity

• Friction

• Air resistance

• Electromagnetism

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When we say a planet moves around the Sun in an "elliptical orbit" we mean its orbit is similar to the shape of a(n)

• Circle

• Square

• Rectangle

• Oval

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