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Which of the following is a terrestrial planet? In order from the Sun, this planet comes after Earth.

 a. Jupiter  a. Venus

 b. Venus  b. Mercury

 c. Uranus  c. Jupiter

 d. Neptune  d. Mars

 e. Saturn  e. Saturn

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Clues to the origin of our solar system can be found in The innermost material within the core of the Earth is the

 a. meteorites  a. mantle

 b. the motion of the planets around the Sun  b. liquid inner core

 c. the distribution of matter in the solar system  c. solid inner core

 d. the rotations of planets on their axes  d. liquid iron layer

 e. appearence of meteriorites  e. volcanic layer

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How many moons orbit the planet Mars? The closest planet to the Sun is

 a. none  a. Venus

 b. one  b. Mercury

 c. two  c. Jupiter

 d. three  d. Mars

 e. three  e. Saturn

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A ______ is sometimes called a dirty snowball of outer space. Which of the following is the smallest planet?

 a. meteor  a. Venus

 b. asteroid  b. Mercury

 c. comet  c. Jupiter

 d. planetesimal  d. Mars

 e. meteorite  e. Saturn

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The innermost material within the core of the Earth is the Jupiter is classified as

 a. mantle  a. an accumulation of meteors

 b. liquid inner core  b. a gas giant

 c. solid inner core  c. a solid giant

 d. liquid iron layer  d. an accumulation of asteroids

 e. volcanic layer  e. an accumulation of comets

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Astronomers call a cloud of gas and dust in space a This large moon of Saturn may have frigid lakes of methane on its surface.

 a. nebula  a. Io

 b. solar system  b. Europa

 c. comet  c. Titan

 d. meteor  d. Aquarius

 e. asteroid  e. Neptune

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The largest planet in our solar system is The Oort cloud contains

 a. Venus  a. several small planets

 b. Mercury  b. the moons of Saturn

 c. Jupiter  c. an invisible cloud of gas

 d. Mars  d. a large number of comets

 e. Saturn  e. dark matter

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Which of the following is considered a rocky planet?

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 a. Saturn
A small rocky body moving in space; many are found orbiting the Sun
 b. Neptune between Mars and Jupiter is

 c. Jupiter  a. Io

 d. Pluto  b. an asteroid

 e. Uranus  c. a comet

 d. Europa

 e. a moon

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The planet with the greatest number of named moons is A piece of planetary debris that reaches the surface of the Earth is

 a. Venus  a. meteor

 b. Mercury  b. asteroid

 c. Jupiter  c. comet

 d. Mars  d. planetesimal

 e. Saturn  e. meteorite

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This moon of Jupiter has active volcanoes. The planet discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930.

 a. Io  a. Io

 b. Europa  b. Europa

 c. Titan  c. Titan

 d. Aquarius  d. Aquarius

 e. Neptune  e. Pluto

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Another name for a shooting star is

 a. a meteor

 b. a meteorite

 c. a comet

 d. an asteroid

 e. a planetesimal

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A disc shaped collection of comets and rocky debris left over from the solar

system formation found beyond the orbit of Pluto.

 a. Oort cloud

 b. Kuiper belt

 c. asteroid belt

 d. solar nebula

 e. solar system

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