Science Review

What is the center of our solar system?

• moon
• earth
• sun
• Jupiter

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Which one takes 24 hours?

• rotation
• revolution

These are the four planets the Sun; Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are classified as

• terrestrial planets

• gas giants

• solar planets

• the best planets

These are the 4 planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars) are known as

• terrestrial planets

• gas giants

• dwarf planets

• solar planets

What holds the planets in their orbits around the sun?

• gravity
• speed
• string
• air currents

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The curved path in which a planet, satellite, or spacecraft moves in a circle around another object.  The path one object takes around another.

• rotate
• orbit
• moon
• revolve

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The four terrestrial planets all have

• Rocky surfaces
• Hot temperatures
• Deep atmospheres
• Large size

True or False
The planets are all equally distanced from each other.

• True
• False

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About 99.85% of the mass of the solar system is the __________.

• Asteroid belt

• Sun

• Moon

• planets

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the path one object takes as it revolves (moves) around another object.

• gravity
• orbit
• rotate
• axis

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