Objects in the Solar System Quiz 7.9A

Which planet is known as the red planet and is composed of rock and has a thin atmosphere of gas?

• Saturn

• Mars

• Neptune

• Jupiter

Which planet is closest to the sun and is composed of rock and has a thin atmosphere of gas?

• Saturn

• Mercury

• Neptune

• Jupiter

Which planet is the hotest and is composed of rock and has a thin atmosphere of gas?

• Saturn

• Venus

• Neptune

• Jupiter

The Sun is composed of

• Hydrogen

• Hydrogen and Helium

• Helium

• We don't know for sure

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Which of the following is NOT true of the sun?

• It rotates on its axis

• It provides the solar system with light

• It is made of Hydrogen and Helium

• It is the smallest object in the solar system

Where are comets formed that have large, elliptical orbits around the Sun?

• Oort Cloud

• Kuiper Belt

• Asteroid Belt

• Mercury

The asteroid belt can be found

• between Mercury and Mars

• Between Mars and Jupiter

• Between Earth and Saturn

• Between Jupiter and Neptune

The asteroid belt is composed of

• rock

• rock and ice

• Earth, it's moon and Mars

• the Oort cloud

Which is not true of Terrestrial planets?

• They are closest to the sun

• They are smaller planets

• They have thin atmospheres

• They do not rotate on their axis

Which is not true of objects in the solar system?

• All objects orbit the sun

• The sun's gravitational force holds together the solar system

• Earth is the center of the solar system

• It is measured in AU's

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