Solar System Review GF

p. 174 What is the center of our solar system?

• Earth
• Oort Cloud
• the Sun
• Jupiter
• Kuiper belt

What are planets natural satellites? p.175

• meteors
• comets
• moons
• dwarf planets

What is the center of the Milky Way, has a visible layer called the photosphere, has multiple features that include solar prominences, solar flares and sunspots?

• The Earth
• The Sun
• The Moon

Which of the following have a solid core?

• Earth
• Sun
• Jupiter

Which of the following orbit the sun? choose all p.175-177

• planets
• moons
• meteors
• comets

What orbits planets? choose all p.175-177

• planets
• moons
• meteors
• comets

_____________ are small fragments that break from the icy bodies of comets. p175

• meteors
• Oort Cloud
• asteroids

_____________ are a loose ball of ice and rock that has a long narrow orbit around the sun. p.177

• meteors
• Oort Cloud
• asteroids
• comets

What is an icy rock that as it gets closer to the sun, some of its ice begins to escaped in the form of gases. p.177

• meteor
• meteorite
• asteroids
• comets

What is the order of the planets for the solar system? p. 175-177

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,Uranus, Neptune
• Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury
• Earth, Venus, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus, Mars, Mercury, Saturn