Space Review

Which planets are the gas giants?

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Saturn

• Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Earth

Which planet is the largest planet?

• Mercury

• Neptune

• Saturn

• Jupiter

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Which planet is tipped on its side?

• Neptune

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

The motion of a body orbiting another body in space is called _____.

• revolution 
• period of revolution
• rotation
• period of rotation

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All the inner planets are

• Jovian planets because they are made up of gases.
• Terrestrial planets because they are rocky.

The inner planets are closer to the sun so

• they take longer to orbit the sun.
• they orbit the sun faster.

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The greater mass a planet has, 

• the greater the gravitational force it has
• the less gravitational force it has
• gravitational force does not depend on mass

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The spinning of an object on its axis is called______

• orbit
• rotation
• revolution
• tide

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As distance between two objects increase the pull of gravity 

• Increases
• Decreases
• Stays the same

Between Mars and Jupiter is a region of the solar system called the __________.

• asteroid belt
• Milky Way
• Kuiper belt
• Oort Cloud