Science Solar System

Ceres is a __________

• Star

• Asteroid

• Planet

• Dwarf planet

• 2 and 4

What is a asteroid

• A small rocky object orbiting in space.

• A meteoroid.

• A meteor.

• A comet.

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Where are many asteroids located.

• Mercurys surface

• Asteroid belt

• meteor belt

• asteroid ring

what is our biggest planet in our solar system

• Saturn

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Uranus

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What is the oort cloud

• The known end of the solar system

• An asteroid belt

• Dust in space

• none of the above

What is a light year?

• The time it takes light to travel in a year.

• A measurement of space

• An AU meter

• A and c

The sun is made of condensed gases

• True

• False

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Earth moves around the Sun at about 19 miles per second or about 67,000 miles per hour. How long does it take Earth to go all the way around the Sun one complete time?

• 1 day

• 7 days

• 30 days

• 365 days

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Ethan is presenting his model of the Solar System. Which statement can he use that best describes the differences between the inner planets and the outer planets?

• The inner planets are frozen gas and rocky particles and the outer planets are fragments of rock.

• The inner planets are all the same size and the out planets vary in size

• The inner planets have thick poisonous atmospheres and the outer planets lack atmospheres

• The inner planets are small and solid and the outer planets are large and gaseous

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What is the correct order of the moon phases from not visible to fully visible

• new moon, cresent, gibbous, quarter moon, full moon

• full moon, crescent, quarter moon, gibbous, new moon

• new moon, crescent, quarter moon, gibbous, full moon

• full moon, gibbous, quarter moon, crescent, new moon.

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