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Is the heavily cratered planet closest to the sun.
What is Mercury?
100
The Great Red Spot, a continuous storm, is located on this planet.
What is Jupiter?
100
T/F The inner planets are rocky and the outer planets gaseous.
What is true?
100
Is composed of dust, rock particles, and frozen gases.
What is a comet.
100
Includes the Sun and all the objects orbiting it.
What is the solar system?
200
On the third planet from the sun, water exists as a solid, liquid, and gas.
What is Earth?
200
Is a gaseous planet with thin, dark rings and the "Great Dark Spot".
What is Neptune?
200
Is the planet that is tilted almost sideways on its axis.
What is Uranus?
200
Lies between the inner and outer planets.
What is asteroid belt? (belt of asteroids)
200
T/F a comet is a meteoroid that strikes Earth.
What is false?
300
Is the second planet from the sun, has temperatures of up to 900 F caused by the greenhouse effect.
What is Venus?
300
T/F The largest gaseous planet, Saturn, has at least 16 moons.
What is false?
300
Is the reddish planet that has polar ice caps and is the fourth planet from the Sun.
What is Mars?
300
Pieces of rock that actually strike Earth's surface
What is meteorite?
300
Name two of the inner planets.
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars?
400
Is a planet that appears reddish-yellow due to iron oxide in its rocks,
What is Mars?
400
Methane gives these two planets their blue-green color.
What is Uranus and Neptune?
400
T/F The planet Earth has a very low density.
What is true?
400
Small pieces of rock that move through space, enter Earth's atmosphere and completely burn up.
What is a meteor?
400
Is the planet with the lowest density and hundreds of thin rings.
What is Saturn?
500
Is a planet that is very hot and has sulfuric acid in its clouds.
What is Venus?
500
Are the names of the outer planets.
What is Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune?
500
The rocks on Mars are reddish in color due to this.
What is iron oxide?
500
Small pieces of rock moving through space.
What is Meteoroids?
500
Published the Sun- centered model of the solar system in 1543. A. Kepler B. Magellan C. Copernicus D.Galileo
What is C. Copernicus?