Solar System Basics

Which one of these is not part of our solar system?

• Planets

• Stars

• Satellites

• Black Holes

• Asteroid Belt

How many Earths can fit into the sun?

• 1.3 Thousand

• 1.3 Hundred

• 1.3 Million

• 1.3 Billion

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What are the four inner planets?

• Mars, Jupiter, Earth, Venus

• Venus, Mars, Earth, Mercury

• Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Earth

• Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn

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What are the four outter planets?

• Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus, Pluto

• Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, Neptune

• Earth, Mars, Mercury, Venus

• Jupiter, Earth, Mars, Mercury

The natural dividing line between the inner and outer planets is called the:

• Asteroid Belt

• Kuiper's Belt

• Oort Cloud

The asteroid belt is located in between which two planets?

• Jupiter and Saturn

• Jupiter and Mars

• Mars and Earth

• Neptune and Pluto

Where can you mainly find comets?

• Flying around space

• In the asteroid belt

• In the Kuiper's Belt

• In the Oort Cloud

What is the difference between meteoroids, meteors, and meteorites?

• Meteor is in space, meteoroid is in our sky, meteorite is the remains of a meteor that hit the ground.

• Meteoroid is in space, meteor is in our sky, meteorite is the remains of a meteor that hit the ground.

• Meteoroid is in space, meteorite is in our sky, meteor is the remains of a meteor that hit the ground.

• Meteor is in space, meteorite is in our sky, meteoroid is the remains of a meteor that hit the ground.

"If the earth is flat, the whole ship should disappear from view all at once" I inferred that the earth is curved based on the picture.

• Pythagoras

• Anaxagoras

• Eratosthenes

• Einstein

"If the Earth is flat, a stick in northern Egypt should do the same thing as a stick in southern Egypt?

• Pythagoras

• Anaxagoras

• Eratosthenes