Solar System Reteach

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Which statement best describes a geocentric solar system? Options: Earth as the center of the solar system, Circular orbital path of travel, The sun as the center of the solar system, Elliptical orbital path of travel

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Earth as the center of the solar system

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Gravity played a big role in the formation of the sun, which statement gives a true description? Options: Gravity caused the solar nebula to collapse toward the center, causing the center to be dense and hot., Gravity caused the small particles to collide to form larger particles called planetesimals, which formed the sun., Gravity caused the protoplanetary disk to rotate and form a solar nebula, which became the sun.

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Gravity caused the solar nebula to collapse toward the center, causing the center to be dense and hot.

Front

"A rotating cloud of dust and gas" describes what in the formation of the solar system?

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the solar nebula

Front

Meteors burning up as they enter Earth's atmosphere are sometimes called...

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Shooting stars

Front

Which object below doesn't have a spherical shape due to the lack of gravity and being too small? Options: a dwarf planet, the moon, an asteroid, the Earth

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an asteroid

Front

The following image shows several bodies in space. Which statement best describes what the image shows? Options: heliocentric solar system, geocentric universe system, the observable universe, the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter

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heliocentric solar system

Front

What objects separate the inner and outer planets?

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asteroids

Front

Which of the gas giants have rings of ice and rock particles?

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Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune only

Front

The force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses best describes which of the following? planets, the solar system, gravity, the solar nebula

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gravity

Front

Why does Venus, the second planet from the sun, have the highest average surface temperature?

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Carbon dioxide in Venus's atmosphere traps solar energy that reaches Venus's surface.