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Which planets in our solar system are considered to be rocky?

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter

• Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto

• Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter

Why is Venus so much hotter even though it is further away from the Sun?

• Venus doesn’t have an atmosphere which causes the planet to become much hotter than other planets.

• Venus’ atmosphere is so dense that heat is trapped and can barely escape, making it hotter than other planets.

• Venus has different layers in our atmosphere which causes Venus to be hotter.

• Venus atmosphere is so thin that heat is able to pass through and make the planet hotter.

What type of model is shown?

• geocentric

• Wheels on wheels

• heliocentric

• galaxy

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Earth's ________ on its axis causes day and night.

• rotation

• revolution

• phase

• comet

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The __________ has planets, moons, comets, and asteroids.

• solar system

• earth

• rotation

• United States

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Our galaxy is where Earth is located in called what?

• Orion's Belt

• Andromeda

• Hydra

• Milky Way

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The Sun is considered a _____________ in our galaxy.

• Moon

• Planet

• Star

• Dwarf Star

__________are objects that orbit planets.

• Asteroids

• Moons

• Comets

• Planets

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The atmosphere protects the Earth from harmful radiation.

• True

• False

Which of the earlier models of the Solar System, Geocentric or Heliocentric, is most similar to the Solar System as we know it to be today and why?

• Geocentric, because only the moon is shown orbiting the Earth.

• Geocentric, which includes all eight planets.

• Heliocentric, which includes all nine planets.

• Heliocentric, because the planets are orbiting the Sun.

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