Solar System Science

The Sun contains about ______ % of the mass of the solar system.

• 50

• 75

• 90

• 99

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An astronomical unit is based on __________.

• the distance from the Sun to interstellar space

• the distance Earth's orbit makes around the Sun

• the distance from the Sun to Earth

• the distance from Earth to the Moon

The outer planets are called _______________.

• gas dwarfs

• terrestrial giants

• gas giants

• gas monsters

Which planets are closer to the Sun than Earth?

• Mercury and Mars

• Mars and Venus

• Mercury and Venus

• Mercury and Jupiter

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Which planet is Uranus?

• 
• 
• 
• 

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What is the shape of a planet's orbit?

• circle

• oval

• ellipse

• foci

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What are the two forces keeping Earth in orbit around the Sun?

• gravity and speed

• speed and distance

• inertia and gravity

• mass and distance

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Gravity....

• object with larger mass pulls smaller mass object towards it

• object with larger mass pushes smaller object away from it

• keeps objects moving in a straight line

• keeps an object at rest

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Newton discovered...

Choose all that apply!

• an object in motion will stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force

• an object at rest will stay at rest

• inertia keeps objects moving in a straight line

• the shape of the planet's orbit

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One AU is equal to __________________________.

• 150,000,000 miles

• 150,000,000 km

• 200,000,000 miles

• 93,000 km

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