Solar System Chapter Review

The Sun's layers, from innermost to outermost, are the core, the __________, and the convection zone.

If a space rock makes it through the atmosphere and hits Earth’s surface, it is called a

• Meteroid
• Meteorite
• Meteor
• Asteriod
• Comet

How do we measure distances in our Solar System?

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Which planet is called the "Red Planet"?

Which planet is the most massive?

Which planet has the most complex set of rings?

List the INNER planets in order. Put a comma and a space between each. Ex: ________, _________, ________, ________

Which scientist(s) made the discovery that planets move in an elliptical shape?

• Brahe
• Aristarchus
• Copernicuus
• Kepler
• Ptolemy

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Large chunks of rock that orbit the Sun in a belt between Mars and Jupiter are called

• Meteroid
• Meteorite
• Meteor
• Asteriod
• Comet

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Which two planets do not have a moon?

• Mars
• Venus
• Mercury
• Earth