The Solar System

The flash of light produced when a meteoroid passes through Earth's atmosphere is called a(n) ______.

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Moon

• Meteor

A natural satellite of a planet is called a(n) _____.

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Moon

• Meteor

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The terrestrial planets are made mostly of _____.

• gas

• metal

• water

• rock

Where is the asteroid belt found?

• Between Earth and Mars

• Between Uranus and Neptune

• Between Mercury and Venus

• Between Mars and Jupiter

_____ are loops of gas on the sun that link different parts of sunspot regions together. 

• Prominences
• Solar flares
• Solar winds
• Auroras

Identify the part of the sun labeled 1.

• Core

• Radiation zone

• Convection zone

• Photosphere

Identify the part of the sun labeled 6.

• Prominences

• Corona

• Sunspots

• Photosphere

Identify the part of the sun labeled 7.

• Prominence

• Corona

• Sunspot

• Photosphere

People used to think that Earth was the center if the solar system and everything orbited around it. They called this the _________ model.

• Geocentric

• Earth First

• Egocentric

• Heliocentric

Which model of the solar system has the sun in the center with all of the planets orbiting it?

• heliocentric

• geocentric

• egocentric

• solarcentric

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