Unit 9 The Solar System Question Preview (ID: 59128)


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Which number is Saturn away from the sun?
a) four
b) five
c) six
d) seven

Which best defines a comet?
a) Mostly rocks and metals
b) Ice, rocks, and dust
c) Carbon, organic material, and metals
d) Minerals, dust, sand now

Which planet is tilted on its side and has a bluish-green color due to methane?
a) Neptune
b) Saturn
c) Venus
d) Uranus

What is located between Mars and Jupiter?
a) Comets
b) Asteroids
c) Kuiper Belt
d) Makemake

What makes Venus the hottest planet?
a) It has a strong greenhouse effect
b) It is closest to the sun
c) It has the most volancoes
d) It has a fast revolution around the sun

Which is evidence that Mars once had liquid water?
a) Dry riverbeds exist there
b) It has active volancoes
c) There are icecaps on the top and bottom
d) It has an atmosphere like Earth's

Which outer planet has rings?
a) Saturn
b) Jupiter
c) Uranus
d) All of them

Why are Venus and Earth considered twin planets?
a) they have the same atmosphere
b) they both are mostly water
c) they have similar size and density
d) they have the same length of a day (rotation)

How are inner planets similar?
a) they are very dense
b) they have thick atmospheres
c) they are spaced far apart
d) they are mostly made of gas

Where is our solar system located within the Milky Way galaxy?
a) The center
b) On a spiral arm
c) On the outside edge
d) Far from the center and past the spiral arms

What is an accurate difference between inner and outer planets?
a) outer planets rotate slower than inner planets
b) outer planets revolve around the sun faster than inner planets
c) outer planets are space farther apart than inner planets
d) outer planets are more dense than inner planets

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