Characteristics of the Solar System

What is the size of the sun?

• Average Size

• 3x times the size of earthe

• 10,000 ft in diameter

• The same size as Jupiter

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What other objects are in the inner solar system?

• Meteor Belts

• Meteors

• Moons and asteroids

• Stars and Rocks

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Temperature of the sun

• 5500 F

• 10,000 C

• 10,000 F

• 5500 C

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Which of these is not a characteristic of a planet?

• Orbiting the sun

• No axis rotation

• Rounded by its own gravity

What is found in the Kupier Belt?

• Plutos Moons

• Asteroids

• Neptunes Moons

• Mars' Gravity

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What separates the inner and outer planets?

• Ceres

• Asteroid Belt

What is found in the Oort Cloud?

• Moons

• Different size rocks

• Pieces of Ice

• Dwarf Planets

Gravity is a force that ______ two bodies toward each other

• Push

• Pull

• Orbits

• Grabs

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This table shows the rotation period and revolution period for 6 planets, and Earth’s moon, all relative to Earth’s periods. Which 2 planets have shorter days than Earth?

• Jupiter and Saturn

• Venus and Mercury

• Mars and Jupiter

• Saturn and Moon

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a small rocky body orbiting the sun, ranging from the size of a small house to dust particles

• nebula

• terrestrial planets

• collision

• asteroids

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