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What do you call the curved path of an object around another object?
a) orbit
b) elipse
c) space shuttle
d) inertia

What do you call a Sun and all the bodies that circle that Sun?
a) astronomy
b) solar system
c) a light year
d) universe

What do you call a large irregular, spiral, or elliptical system of stars?
a) solar system
b) universe
c) galaxy
d) orbit

The Heliocentric Theory states that the Earth and planets revolve around the __________.
a) galaxy
b) universe
c) nebula
d) Sun

The inner planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are known as ____________ planets.
a) gas giants
b) terrestrial or rocky
c) nebulas
d) inhabited

The outer planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, are known as _____________ .
a) terrestrial planets
b) icy planets
c) gas giants , gas planets, or Jovian
d) dust planets

The outer and inner planets are separated by the ___________________.
a) Asteroid Belt
b) Keiper Belt
c) Star Belt
d) Comet Belt

What force pulls objects toward the Sun as they move through space?
a) orbits
b) gravity
c) ellipses
d) light years

What is the shape of the planets' orbits as they move around the Sun?
a) circular
b) rectangular
c) elliptical
d) triangular

Which planet in our solar system is the largest?
a) Jupiter
b) Mars
c) Earth
d) Venus

Which planet in our solar system is the smallest?
a) Jupiter
b) Earth
c) Mars
d) Mercury

The Geocentric Theory states that all of the objects in our universe revolve around the _____________.
a) Earth
b) galaxy
c) Sun
d) comet

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