Place the following in order by size: solar system, galaxy, and planet (smallest to largest)
Correct order: planet, solar system, galaxy
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Which planet only has one moon?
Earth
100
Which planet rotates sideways?
Uranus
100
BONUS worth DOUBLE: Why is pluto no longer a planet?
Pluto is in the Kuiper Belt. It is too far from the Sun causing it to be freezing. It is a dwarf planet.
100
Which of these objects is NOT in orbit around the Sun?
A. asteroid
B. comet
C. meteor
D. Planet
Meteor
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What type of galaxy is The Milky Way?
Spiral
200
Which planet or planets have no moons?
Mercury and Venus
200
Which planet has 53 moons and 16 waiting for confirmation?
Jupiter
200
True or False: All planets in our solar system have moons.
False
200
Ben drew a picture of part of the solar system.
What are the scattered dots that he drew between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter?
a. comets
b. meteors
c. the asteroid belt
d. moons that orbit the planets
The Asteroid Belt
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What are the three types of galaxies in our universe?
Irregular, Elliptical, and Spiral
300
True or False: The inner planets orbit the sun in less amount of time than the outer planets. This causes the inner planets to have shorter years.
True
300
What are the four outer planets made of?
They are large and made of gases.
300
At night, we can see thousands of stars. Most of the stars that are visible at night are located in which of the following?
A: In the same galaxy as the Sun.
B: In a different constellation than the Sun.
C: In a different universe than the Sun.
D: In the same solar system as the Sun.
A: In the same galaxy as the Sun.
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What is a star?
large balls of burning gases
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What is the name of our home galaxy?
The Milky Way
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In class, Hue learned that the inner planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
Which statement describes the four inner planets?
a. They have moons.
b. They have surface water.
c. They are small and rocky.
d. They are made mostly of gas.
They are small and rocky.
400
What are the four outer planets?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
400
Miguel was looking at a diagram of our solar system. He noticed that one planet in our
solar system is farther away from the Sun than another.
Which statement compares the two planets?
a. The planet farther from the Sun has more moons.
b. The planet farther from the Sun takes longer to orbit the sun.
c. The planet farther from the Sun takes longer to rotate on its axis.
d. The planet farther from the Sun has a higher average temperature.
The planet farther from the Sun takes longer to orbit the sun.
400
What's similar about Mars and Jupiter?
They both have an atmosphere.
500
What are the components of a galaxy?
gas, dust, stars, and objects orbiting stars
500
What are the four inner planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
500
During a trip to a planetarium, Greg learned that the outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Which statement is true of the four planets farthest from the Sun?
a. They do not have moons.
b. They have no atmosphere.
c. They are smaller than the inner planets.
d. They travel farther around the Sun than the inner planets.
They travel farther around the Sun than the inner planets.
500
Jaynelle made a two-column chart to compare comets and asteroids. Which of these
properties belongs in BOTH columns of her chart?
a. has a long tail
b. orbits the Sun
c. is made of gas, ice, and dust
d. probably caused craters on the Moon
Orbits the Sun
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Which planets have gravity?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.....(all of them)