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Solar System Test Review
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1
Which characteristic of Earth is greater than Jupiter's?
Distance from the Sun
Mass
Number of moons
Density
2
What phase of the Moon is seen from Earth when the Moon is in position 8?
Crescent
Gibbous
First Quarter
Full
3
At which location is the planet moving the fastest in its orbit?
D
B
A
C
4
What mistake did Nicky Copernicus make when describing the solar system?
He used a geocentric model
He used circular orbits.
He had the Moon revolving around Earth.
He had the Earth in the center.
5
What astronomical phenomenon is shown in the diagram below?
Solar Eclipse
Full Moon
Meteor Shower
Quarter Moon
6
During what phases of the Moon does a solar eclipse happen?
New
Full
Quarter
Crescent
7
Which planet is classified as terrestrial?
Uranus
Neptune
Saturn
Mars
8
What type of solar system model is shown?
Geocentric
Egocentric
Heliocentric
9
The shape of the Earth's orbit is ...
a slight ellipse.
an ellipse with an eccentricity of 0.45.
a circle
a triangle
10
Why do we see phases of the Moon from Earth?
Earth's Revolution
Moon's Rotation
Earth's Rotation
Moon's Revolution
11
How long does it take for the Moon to complete a cycle of phases?
29.5 days
365.25 days
23.50
23.3 days
12
The passage of the Moon into the Earth's shadow is known as a...
total solar eclipse
full moon phases
solar eclipse
lunar eclipse
13
An ellipse has a focal distance of 3.1 cm, a major axis of 8.8 cm, what is the eccentricity?
2.84 cm
0.35
0.47
0.35 cm
14
At which location is summer starting in the Southern Hemisphere?
3
1
4
2
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These planets are classified as...
dwarf
terrestrial
jovian
