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Gravity, Planets, Moons and Space Objects

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Which planet may have frozen water beneath its polar surface, and might support life?

Mars

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Name the four inner planets, from the sun outward:

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

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Name the four outer planets, from the sun outward:

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

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Is it true that dwarf planets share their orbital path with other celestial objects?

yes

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Why does a comet have a tail?

The frozen surface vaporizes into a gas.

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What is evidence on the surface of a planet that it has been hit by meteors?

craters

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What is unusual about a comet's orbit around the sun?

It's extremely long and can take over 200 years (and it's elliptical)

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Why do we see meteors in the night sky?

We see them burning up in our atmosphere.

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Why is the Kuiper Belt so cold?

It's so far away from the sun.

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Between which two planets is the Asteroid Belt?

Mars and Jupiter

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When a smaller space object is "captured" by a planet, and it then orbits the planet, it becomes the planet's ____

moon.

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True or False: The moon is thought to be much younger than the earth.

False...they are about the same age.

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True or False: Pluto is the largest Dwarf planet.

False...(Eris is slightly larger)

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True or False: Pluto is larger than the earth's moon.

False, it's smaller than our moon.

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