ES19B Quiz - Planets, Asteroids, Meteors and Comets

There are two classes of planets, _________ and ___________ planets.
1. close, inner
2. inner, outer
3. far, outer
4. newer, older
In order, the inner planets are Mercury, ____________ , __________ and Mars.
1. Saturn, Earth
2. Earth, Venus
3. Venus, Earth
4. Earth, Saturn
In order, the outer planets are ____________ , Saturn Uranus and ___________.
1. Saturn, Earth
2. Earth, Saturn
3. Earth, Venus
4. Jupiter, Neptune
The inner planets are called ________ , meaning rocky and Earth like.
1. gas giants
2. terrestrial
3. gas clouds
4. gas terriers
The outer planets are made mostly of Hydrogen and ___________ gas.
1. oxygen
2. helieum
3. calcium
4. carbon dioxide
The outer planets have ___________ and ___________ .
1. meteroites, comets
2. rings, moons
3. rings, asreroids
4. moons, meteorites
A _____________ makes a sreak of light in the atmosphere as it burns up.
1. meteordate
2. comet
3. meteor
4. meter
A piece of comet that now is on the ground is a ____________.
1. Meteorite
2. Asteroid
3. Meteroid
4. Meteor
You can hold a ____________ in your hand.
1. Meteorite
2. Meteroid
3. Meteor
4. Asteroid
A ____________ has an eleptical orbit that goes from near the sun to outside our olar system.
1. comet
2. crater
3. meteorite
4. moon
You weigh more on a planet with a _________ size made of rock.
1. half
2. smaller
3. larger
4. identical
The Moon was hit by _______________ because there are craters in the surface.
1. fossils
2. rain
3. planets
4. meteorids
Pluto is now a ________ due to the new definitions.
1. dwarf moon
2. new moon
3. meteorite
4. dwarf planet
The further a planet is from the sun, the ________ the time to revolve once.
1. same
2. longer
3. shorter
My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas is ___________.
1. a silly phrase.
2. wierd.
3. A way to remember the planets in order.
4. kinda nuts.

ES19B Quiz - Planets, Asteroids, Meteors and Comets

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