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Celestial bodies are classified based on their :
a) chemical properties.
b) physical properties.
c) heat transfer.
d) amount of energy.

A small body of ice, rock and cosmic dust loosely packed together.
a) asteroid
b) meteoroid
c) comet
d) planet

Solar radiation from the sun gives comets a:
a) superfluous bloviation
b) nuclear reaction
c) mass
d) tail

A stretched out (oval shaped) orbital path.
a) eclipse
b) ellipse
c) terminal velocity
d) meteoroid

Small rocky bodies in orbit around the sun. Larger than a meteoroid.
a) comet
b) meteorite
c) meteor
d) asteroid

Most asteroids are found:
a) orbiting the Earth.
b) in the asteroid belt.
c) in the atmosphere.
d) in the ground.

A small rocky body orbiting the sun. Smaller than an asteroid.
a) meteorite
b) meteor
c) asteroid
d) meteoroid

A meteoroid that enters the earth’s atmosphere and strikes the ground.
a) meteorite
b) meteoroid
c) meteor
d) asteroid

A meteoroid (or comet dust) that burns up in the atmosphere.
a) meteoroid
b) meteor
c) meteorite
d) asteroid

Planets like Earth that are small, dense and rocky.
a) terrestrial
b) gas giants
c) asteroid
d) metoroid

Large outer planets that don’t have any known solid surfaces.
a) comets
b) asteroids
c) terrestrial
d) gas giants

Mars is a:
a) gas giant
b) moon
c) terrestrial planet
d) comet

Neptune is a:
a) gas giant
b) dwarf planet
c) terrestrial planet
d) asteroid

Dwarf planets are:
a) planets that are big enough to orbit the sun and have at least two moons.
b) planets that aren't big enough to clean up their orbital path.
c) planets that have no known solid surface area.
d) too cold to be planets.

The earth can sustain life for all of these reasons EXCEPT:
a) liquid water.
b) perfect temperature (distance from the sun).
c) the size is just right.
d) the atmosphere.

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