The Solar System

How many planets are in our solar system (not including pluto)

• 9
• 8
• 10
• 7

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Name the planets in order from the one closet to the Sun

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

What are the rings of Saturn made of?

• Rocks and Dust
• Rock, Frozen gases, Ice crystals, and water
• Ice Crystals
• Stars

What six things make up our Solar System?

• Sun, Planets, Moons, Asteroids, Comets, Meteors
• Galaxies, Planets, Stars, Asteroids, Planets, Moons
• Sun, Planets, Moons, Stars, Asteroids, Comets
• Planets, Stars, Galaxies, Comets, Meteors, Sun

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What is a planet?

• a group of stars that forms a pattern in the sky
• a large ball of hot gases that gives off heat and light
• a large ball or rock or gas that moves around the sun
• a toy aliens play with

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What four planets are gas planets?

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn

• Neptune, Uranus, Earth, Jupiter

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

What is the main gas that makes up the Sun?

• Hydrogen

• Helium

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

.   The force of gravity exerted by two objects on each other depends upon which two factors?

 

• Height and mass

• Velocity and Distance

• .Distance and mass

   

• Mass and height

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The average distance from the Earth to the Sun is:

• 10,000 meters

• 10 Parsecs

• 1 Astronomical Unit

• 10,000,000 meters

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  According to Kepler’s second law of planetary motion, what is the relationship between distance from the sun and revolution?

• . The farther from the sun, the slower the revolution speed

   

• The farther from the sun the longer the revolution time

• The farther from the sun, the faster the revolution speed

• The farther form the sun the shorter the revolution time

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