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Solar System Quiz 9 (60 MCQs)

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1. What lunar features was Eric Wu asked to photograph for a magazine?
2. A large, round object in space that travels around a star.
3. What does Jupiter have in common with Neptune?
4. Complete the analogy. Oceanographer is to ocean, as astronomer is to
5. What is the term used to the smaller masses of dust, rock and other materials that quickly cooled to become solid bodies of the solar system?
6. The path of one object in space around another object
7. Meteoroids that reach Earth's surface
8. What is the nebular hypothesis?
9. Asteroids "hang out" in our solar system in a place called
10. What is condensation?
11. What is in the center of the Heliocentric Model?
12. These two planets are the largest gas planets.
13. Which does NOT describe our Sun?
14. What celestial body is made of ice and cosmic dust?
15. When prominences erupt into space releasing gas and energy we call this
16. Neptune is larger than Saturn.
17. What does a waxing moon mean?
18. A tool used to make distant objects appear larger, brighter, and sharper.
19. Galileo agreed with Copernicus theory because he .....
20. Where is the main asteroid belt found?
21. Which is NOT a planet?
22. Which is the shape of the Earth?
23. Which planet's atmosphere is characterized by a thick yellowish cloud of carbon dioxide that creates a tremendous greenhouse effect?
24. Astronomical Unit
25. How long ago was our solar system formed?
26. Which gas was not present in Earth first atmosphere?
27. Gravity makes Earth revolve around the Sun. Revolve means
28. What keeps a planet moving on its path around the sun
29. Planets form by a process called .....
30. Which Planet comes after Earth in the solar system?
31. Which planet is covered in water?
32. Who proposed Planetesimal theory?
33. Earth has more ..... than land.
34. Which is the SECOND largest planet?
35. What planet rotates on a tilted axis and looks like it is laying on its side?
36. Which term describes a small body from which a planet forms?
37. In a complete sentence name three physical features of the Earth?
38. Why are the outer planets cold and dark?
39. What is a planet?
40. Which of the following planets orbits closest to the Sun?
41. What is the order of the gas giant planets from closest to farthest away from the sun?
42. Why do the sun and moon appear to move across the sky?
43. Which is an object in the solar system that is a frozen mass of ice and dust?
44. Large pieces of space rock with irregular shapes, most are found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
45. The group of outer planets are known as
46. What does the interstellar cloud form into next?
47. It takes about ..... for the moon to go through all of its phases.
48. Is about the same size as Earth. Has a rock surface. This planet has a thick atmosphere that is mostly carbon-dioxide-gas traps the sun's heat which makes it the hottest planet in the solar system
49. A giant sphere of glowing gases is a .....
50. A huge ball of very hot, glowing gases in space that can produce its own hear and light is called a(n)
51. Where can you find the asteroid belt?
52. Johannes Kepler hypothesized that the orbit of the planets is .....
53. Where does the moon get its light from?
54. When Earth spins, it turns around an imaginary line called a(n)
55. The largest planet in our solar system is
56. Meteoroids that enter the Earth's atmosphere, burn up and produce streaks of light are called ..... (they are often referred to as "shooting star" )
57. A natural satellite of a planet.
58. The distance light can travel in one year is .....
59. These are the four planets the Sun; Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are classified as
60. Rock and iron objects that orbit the sun
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