Gravity and the Planets Practice

Earth's orbit around the sun is.....

• circular

• bumpy

• elliptical

• round

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The Sun, asteroids, planets, and comets make up the

• ride at Disney World

• eclipse

• solar system

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What does the asteroid belt separate?

• The inner and outer planets

• The Earth from the Sun

• Jupiter and Saturn

A force that attracts all objects to the center

• venetioan

• gravity

• grossman

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Rocky planets, solid surface, similar in size to Earth

• outer planets

• gaseous planets

• inner planets

Largest planet in the solar system

• Mercury

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Earth

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Closest planet to the sun

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

Often called Earth's twin

• Mercury

• Mars

• Venus

This planet looks blue because of the gas in its atmosphere

• enus

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Neptune

6th planet from the sun

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Neptune