Planetary Characteristics and Movements

What are large low density planets?

• Small terrestrial planets with low gravity.
• Gas giants and ice giants with low density.
• Rocky planets with high density.
• Dwarf planets with high mass.

Four rocky planets with a well defined rocky surface.

• Gas Giants

• Dwarf Planets

• Rock Planets

• Terrestrial Planets

Earth's rotation causes...

• the changing seasons
• the phases of the moon
• ocean currents
• the cycle of day and night

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Which planet has the shortest revolution around the sun?

• Mercury
• Earth
• Venus
• Mars

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What does Earth have that Mars does not?

• Abundance of water

• Land

• An Atmosphere

• An orbit around the sun

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Which object has a tail?

• Comet

• Dog

• Asteroid

• Cat

Where is the asteroid belt located?

• between Mars and Jupiter

• surrounding our solar system

• past the orbit of Neptune

• between Earth and Mars

If the sun were to suddenly lose all of its gravity, what would happen to the planets?

• They would fall out of orbit

• They would stop moving completely

• They would continue on their original orbit

• They would crumble and fall apart

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Which statement is true?

• The planets revolve around the sun: moons revolve around planets

• The moons rotate around the sun: planets rote around moons

• The planets revolve around the sun: moons rotate around planets

• The sun revolves around the planets; moons revolve around the sun

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Which object is commonly referred to as a "dirty snowball"?

• comet
• meteorite
• asteroid
• planet