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| Score | 0% | 64% |
The dwarf planet Pluto is located where?
in the Kuiper Belt |
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between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn |
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in the asteroid belt |
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outside the solar system |
The Kuiper Belt is similar to the asteroid belt but much larger. Extending beyond the orbit of Neptune, it contains objects composed mostly of frozen methane, ammonia, and water. Most notably, the Kuiper Belt is home to Pluto, a dwarf planet that, until a 2006 reclassification, was considered the ninth planet of the solar system.
The rows of the Periodic Table of the Elements are called:
groups |
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shells |
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periods |
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families |
The rows of the Periodic Table are called periods and contain elements that have the same number of electron shells ordered from lower to higher atomic number.
Which of these foods should a person with high cholesterol avoid?
avocados |
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olive oil |
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eggs |
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vegetable oils |
Fats come in three types, saturated (meats, shellfish, eggs, milk), monounsaturated (olives, almonds, avocados), and polyunsaturated (vegetable oils). Saturated fats can raise LDL ("bad") cholesterol while unsaturated fats can decrease it.
An asteroid belt holds many of the asteroids in our solar system. It is located between the orbits of which planets?
Mercury and Venus |
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Mars and Earth |
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Mars and Jupiter |
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Jupiter and Saturn |
The solar system also contains over a million rocky fragments of at least 1km in diameter called asteroids as well as millions more with smaller diameters. Many of these asteroids are an asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
The gravitational interaction of Earth and the Moon is responsible for which of these?
seasons |
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day and night cycle |
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tides |
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the northern lights |
Tides are caused by the gravitational interaction of Earth and the Moon.