Solar System and Planets

The inner planets are also called...

• terrestrial planets
• gas giants

Gas giants

• Inner planets
• Outer planets
• Both
• Venus

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Located between the inner and outer planets.

• Sun
• Asteroid belt
• Uranus
• Moons

The spinning of an object on its axis is called______

• orbit
• rotation
• revolution
• tide

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Why is the galaxy called the Milky Way?

• Because it looks hazy and milky from Earth, it glows a band of light that stretches across the sky.

• Because of its dense, fluid center, it is dark and scary

• It's a translation of an ancient name for "galaxy"

It would take you ___________ just to get from one end to the other!

• 100,000 light-years

• 50,000 light-years

• 100,000 star-years

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What are comets made of?

• mud, rock, water

• ice and rock

• ice, dust, water

• gas and dust

The comet's tail always flies __________________.

• ahead of the comet

• toward the sun

• ahead of the sun

• away from the sun

Check all the following statements that are TRUE

• Asteroids are made of rock and metal

• Comets are made of ice, rock, and dust

• Comets can be found in the Oort Cloud

• All the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Nickname for Comets--

• Rocks that glow

• rock "stars"

• dirty snowballs