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Distances in space are measured in (a)
Astronomical UnitMeterPlanetesimalsEccentricitytagsSES1 - 2. Drop Down
Clouds around Jupiter that are low, warm, and dark. They sink! (a)
BeltCometScarpsMeteortagsSES1 - 3. Drag and Drop
A ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis of an ellipse; a calculation to determine the percentage of deviation from a circle (a)
eccentricityellipsezonesscarpstagsSES1 - 4. Multiple Choice
The shape of the planets' orbitals around the Sun
Eccentricity
Belts
Ellipse
Zones
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The large planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune (a)
TerrestrialGas GiantsDwarf PlanetPlanetesimalstagsSES1 - 6. Drop Down
A form of hydrogen with the properties of a liquid and a metal; core of Jupiter (a)
ScarpsMeteorLiquid Metallic HydrogenPlanetesimalstagsSES1 - 7. Multiple Choice
Colliding particles in the early solar system that formed our planets
Belts
Planetesimals
Comets
Scarps
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The apparent backward movement of a planet; led to the geocentric model (a)
retrograde motionastronomical uniteccentricityscarpstagsSES1 - 9. Drop Down
The system of cliffs on a planet (a)
cometmeteorterrestrialscarpstagsSES1 - 10. Multiple Choice
The four inner planets - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Gas Giants
Dwarf Planet
Terrestrial
Planetesimals
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Small, icy body that has a head and a tail (a)
meteorDwarf planetCometMeteoroidtagsSES1 - 12. Drop Down
Must orbit the Sun; be nearly spherical; has not cleared the orbit of debris (a)
CometMeteoroidDwarf PlanetPlanetesimalstagsSES1 - 13. Multiple Choice
The streak of light produced by a meteoroid
Scarps
Meteor
Satellite
Meteoroid
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A meteoroid that hits the ground (a)
AsteroidCometMeteoroidMeteoritetagsSES1 - 15. Drop Down
An asteroid fragment (a)
meteoroidcometplanetesimalssatellitetagsSES1 - 16. Multiple Choice
A body that orbits another; a moon
satellite
comet
scarp
meteor
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The particles of a comet's trail that burn up in our atmosphere (a)
cometasteroidmeteor showerzonestagsSES1 - 18. Drop Down
An area of rock and ice outside Neptune's orbit (a)
ZonesBeltsMeteor ShowerKuiper BelttagsSES1 - 19. Multiple Choice
Must orbit the Sun; be nearly spherical; has cleared its orbit of debris
Comet
Planetesimals
Planet
Satellite
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High, cool, light-colored clouds over Jupiter (a)
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