Science Review 5
Quiz by Debbie Stein
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- Q1What other two objects (besides the sun and planets) are common in a solar system?comets and meteoritesasteroids and cometsmeteors and meteorites30s
- Q2How are meteors and comets similar?Both have ice in themThey are both made of rock and metalBoth have a tail due to solar radiationBoth found mostly in the Kuiper belt30s
- Q3What do we call an object in the Solar System that is round and orbit the sun but are not able to clear their orbital path like planets can?MeteorAsteroidDwarf PlanetComet30s
- Q4The Sun is really a what?CometStarAsteroidPlanet30s
- Q5Why do other stars appear so much smaller than our star?They are a red giantThey are all smallerThey are a white dwarfThey are so much further away30s
- Q6How does our star/sun compare in size to other stars?Average/Medium sizeLargeRed GiantWhite Dwarf30s
- Q7Which is the largest planet in our Solar System?Jupiter, which is larger than all other planets combinedEarth, which is the 3rd planet from the sunNeptune, because it is blueSaturn, because it has rings30s
- Q8What is a "shooting star" really?a planetmeteor trying to pass through our atmospherecomet passing closer to our sunplanet or meteor30s
- Q9What do we call a large group of stars, dust, gas, and dark matter held together by gravity?The UniverseThe Asteroid BeltA Galaxy30s
- Q10The sun and all the objects that orbit around it due to its gravity make up the what?Solar SystemOuter PlanetsAsteroid BeltInner Planets30s
- Q11EVERYTHING that exists, including planets, stars, galaxies, and all forms of matter and energy make up what?EarthThe universeThe solar systemCO Harrison30s
- Q12What is a huge, bright ball of burning gas that is help together bu gravity and are made mostly of hydrogen and helium?A StarA CometA Planet30s
- Q13What do we call a group of stars whose pattern forms an object, like a dot-to-dot puzzle?A constellationThe SunA pictureThe asteroid belt30s
- Q14Where would you find a comet?In Room 44In the Asteroid BeltIn the Kuiper BeltIn Jupiter's Atmosphere30s
- Q15What are comets made of?ice, dust, rock - like a dirty snowballa dwarf planetvarious gases that are evaporatingigneous rock30s