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solar system test

science test tomorrow

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What is the period of revolution? How long a planet takes to revolve around the sun.
What is the period of rotation? How long it takes for a planet to rotate (one day).
What planet has the longest period of rotation? Venus.
What planet has the shortest period of rotation? Jupiter.
What planet has the longest period of revolution? Pluto or Neptune.
What planet has the shortest period of revolution? Mercury.
What planet has the longest diameter? Jupiter.
What planet has the shortest diameter? Mercury.
Which planet has the hottest temperature? Venus
What planet has the coldest temperature? Pluto.
What is the order of the planets? Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.
What is terrestrial planets? They are rocky, with few to no rings and moons. They are also closer to the sun.
What is Jovian planets? They are a combination of the icy and gas giants. They have many more rings and moons. They are also much further from the sun.
What are the terrestrial planets? Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
What are the Jovian planets? Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.
What is an astronomical unit? The average distance between the sun and earth.
How far away is the asteroid belt from the sun? 2.8 AU.
How far away is the Kuiper belt from the sun? roughly 30 to 50 AU
How far away is the oort cloud from the sun? Over 2,000 AU
What does the asteroid belt contain? Over 100,000 asteroids and 1 dwarf planet; Ceres.
What does the Kuiper belt contain? Over 100,000 asteroids and currently 4 dwarf planets- could be more
What is the oort cloud? It is the boundary of the solar system (one light year away from sun). It contains trillions of comets and it is very sparse.
What is the dividing line between the inner and outer planets? The asteroid belt
What are the inner planets? The terrestrial planets.
What are the outer planets? The Jovian planets.
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