Planets

What is the point in a planet's orbit when it is farthest from the sun?

• Winter

• Solstice

• Aphelion

• Equinox

What is the average distance between Earth and the sun?

• 129,000,000 miles

• Astronomical Mile

• Nautical Mile

• Astronomical Unit

What is a closed curve along which the sum of the distances between two fixed points is always the same?

• Slope

• Ellipse

• Oval

• Orbit

What is the point in a planet's orbit when it is closest to the sun?

• Perihelion

• Equinox

• Summer

• Peripheral

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What is a large circular indentation on a planet's surface?

• Lake

• Mir

• Crater

• Pockmark

What is the region of the solar system outside Neptune's orbit?

• Oort Cloud

• Asteroid Belt

• Kuiper Belt

• Gas Giants

What is a frozen chunk of ice, dust, and rock that orbits the sun?

• Meteor

• Asteroid

• Planet

• Comet

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What is the force that resists motion between two surfaces that are in contact with each other?

• Centrifugal

• Gravity

• Centripetal

• Friction

What is a meteoroid that enters the Earth's atmosphere and burns up?

• Comet

• Meteor

• Meteorite

• Space Ball

What is a meteoroid that enters Earth's atmosphere and strikes the ground?

• Crater

• Meteor

• Meteorite

• Comet