1 |
Mercury, venus, earht and mars are called |
gaseous planets
asteroid planets
blue planets
terrestrial planets
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2 |
The asteroid belt is a zone between the orbits of mars and |
saturn
uranus
neptune
jupiter
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3 |
The four planets closer to the sun are called |
gaseous planets
asteroid planets
blue planets
rocky planets
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4 |
What is the name for an object that goes around another object backwards called? |
retrograde
upside down
prograde
normal
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5 |
What is a bright region in the sun called? |
prominence
sunspot
plage
flare
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6 |
3.26 light years is called? |
an astronomical unit
the distance to the nearest star
nothing
a parsec
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7 |
What is the brightness scale of stars called? |
magnitude
temperature
albedo
density
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8 |
What is the fireball that produces a sonic boom called? |
meteorite
bolide
comet
no such object
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9 |
A medium sized icy solar system object is called a |
asteroid
planet
comet
star
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10 |
The uppermost region of the sun is called the? |
photosphere
lonosphere
chromosphere
corona
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