Solar System

Which planet is closest to the sun?

• Uranus

• Mercury

• Neptune

• Earth

What holds the planets in their orbits around the sun?

• gravity

• speed

• string

• air currents

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A ball of ice and dust with a tail of gas and dust pointing away from the sun.

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Moon

• Meteor

The inner planets are called terrestrial planets because they are composed of

• water

• gas

• frozen surfaces

• rocks

Which planet is tipped on its side nearly 90 degrees?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

Which planet has a giant red spot?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

What model of the solar system states the earth is the center

• Geocentric Model

• Heliocentric model

• Biocentric modal

• Hydrocentric  model

Which of these has the strongest gravitational field?

• sun

• earth

• saturn

• jupiter

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Which is an object in the solar system that is a frozen mass of ice and dust?

• an asteroid

• a comet

• a moon

• a planet

Which planet is an inner planet?

• Uranus

• Venus

• Saturn

• Neptune