Unit 3 The Solar system!

Which planets are relatively small, and primarily made out of silicate minerals?

• gas giants
• ice giants
• terrestrial planets
• dwarf planets

The most massive gas giant planet.

• Jupiter
• Earth
• Ganymede
• Saturn

The spherical group of objects that surrounds everything in the solar system is called the ______.

• Kuiper Belt
• Oort Cloud
• Scattered Disk
• Plutinos

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Long period comets come from which region of the solar system?

• Kuiper Belt
• Oort Cloud
• Scattered Disk
• Asteroid Belt

Short period comets come from which region of the solar system?

• Kuiper Belt
• Oort Cloud
• Scattered Disk
• Asteroid Belt

There are _________ planets in our solar system.

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 9

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Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are know as ________ planets.

• rocky

• gaseous

Our solar system is part of a bigger grouping of stars called the ___________ galaxy.

• Milky Way

• Andromeda

• Messier 63

• Whirlpool

• Sombrero

___________ was once considered a full planet but was redefined as a dwarf planet in 2006.

• Pluto

• Mars

• Ceres

• MakeMake

About 99.85% of the mass of the solar system is the __________.

• Asteroid belt

• Sun

• Moon

• planets

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