rocks and planets ultimatum

Which planet has rings made of ice, rock and dust?

• Saturn

• Mars

• Earth

• Neptune

Rocks and sediment change as they move through the rock cycle. Which change involves turning into melting?

• Lava to rock

• magma to lava

• rock to magma

• rock to sediment

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a fragment of rock or iron from outer space

• asteroid

• meteor

• planet

• comet

How are igneous rock formed?

• magma

• sediment

• weathering

• heat

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This rock formed when lava cooled very quickly on Earth's surface. What specific type of rock is it?

• Extrusive Igneous Rock
• Intrusive Igneous Rock
• Non-Foliated Metamorphic Rock
• Biochemical Sedimentary Rock

Terrestrial planets

• Inner planets
• Outer planets
• Both
• Asteroid belt

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Which of the following characteristics is common to ALL FOUR planets in the inner solar system?

• have one or two moons

• have a solid rocky surface

• have a thin, toxic, atmosphere

• have the same orbit length around the sun

Planets that are closer to the sun

• take more time to orbit
• take less time to orbit

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Without gravity, the stars, planets and all objects in the universe would _______.

• continue to orbit each other

• move in a random direction

• move in a straight line

• stop moving

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How do the orbits of the outer planets compare to the inner planets?

• The outer planets have shorter orbits because their rotations are shorter.

• The inner planets have shorter orbits because their rotations are shorter.

• The outer planets have longer orbits because they are farther from the sun.

• The inner planets have longer orbits because their orbits are ellipses.

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