Planets in our Solar System

What separates the inner and the outer planets?

• Oort cloud

• Sun

• Kuiper belt

• Asteroid belt

What planet is closest to the sun?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Saturn

• Neptune

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the inner planets?

• Smaller

• Rocky

• Gaseous

• Shorter years

It takes Earth 24 hours to __________ on its axis

• Rotate

• Orbit

• Revolve

• Stay

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What two does gravity depend on?

• Direction and weight

• Mass and matter

• Distance and direction

• Distance and mass

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Which of the following is a terrestrial planet?

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Uranus

What causes the planets to have a slightly elliptical orbit?

• Moon’s gravity

• Sun’s gravity

• Planet’s inertia

• BOTH Sun’s gravity and Planet’s inertia

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When a planet is farther from the Sun, the gravitational attraction between them decreases and the planet moves/orbits ______.

• Slower

• Faster

• The same speed

• Become circular

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Which of the following is a ‘Gas Giant’?

• Mars

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Earth

It takes Earth 365 days to __________ around the sun

• Rotate

• Orbit

• Revolve

• Stay

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