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Test Review Solar System 2024
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What invention provided evidence that the sun was the center of the solar system?
Periscope
Telescope
microscope
rocket
2
What tide would happen when the sun & moon are at a right angle to Earth?
Neap tide
Spring Tide
Low Tide
High Tide
3
What does this diagram of the Solar System show?
the planets circular orbit around the sun
the planets in order from the Sun
the real distance from the sun
how much bigger the planets are than the sun
4
Look at the picture...From Earth, a Full Moon would be seen at number...
3
2
1
4
5
What type of tide happens when the Moon & Sun's gravitational pull combines?
Neap tide
regular high tide
Spring Tide
regular low tide
6
In February of 2021, this rover landed on Mars.
Ceres
Infinity
Cassini
Perseverance
7
Earth can sustain life because of its perfect distance from the sun, its surface of rock & water, AND its
rotation - 24 hours
Atmosphere
elliptical orbit
revolution - 1 year
8
Why is Pluto a dwarf planet?
not enough moons
it cannot clear its orbital path
it is so far from the sun
it is rocky
9
How long does it take the Earth to make one revolution around the sun?
24 hours
365 days
one month
100 days
10
What is the reason we have daily tides?
tilt of earth on its axis
rotation of earth of its axis
revolution of the earth around the sun
gravitational pull of the moon
11
Name the moon phase
new moon
Last Quarter
Full moon
First Quarter
12
A few days AFTER this Waxing Gibbous moon the next big phase is
New moon
Full moon
1st quarter
Last quarter
13
Earth & the planets stay in orbital paths because of the Sun's
energy
satellite
gravitational force
rotation
14
Look at the picture. Which main phase of the moon would FOLLOW this moon?
First Quarter
Last Quarter
waxing gibbous
waning crescent
15
The response that happens in an experiment
IV
Control
DV
Constants
16
This diagram would create especially high tides
False
True
17
How is the Northern hemisphere DIFFERENT than the Southern hemisphere?
both hemisphere get equal sunlight
Southern = more direct sunlight
Northern = less direct sunlight
Southern = less direct sunlight
18
The Kepler telescope
discovered Venus
proved the sun is the center of the solar system
is the oldest telescope
discovered planets outside our solar system
19
Asteroids and comets are both...
gases
cold
liquids
solids
20
Earth's Day and night are caused by its
rotation on its axis
orbit
revolution around the sun
revolution on its axis
21
There are 4 high tides and 4 low tides every day
True
False
22
The one thing that is purposely changed in an experiment
IV
DV
Constants
Control
23
The things we keep the same in an experiment
DV
Control
IV
Constants
24
Look at the picture and name that moon phase.
Last Quarter
waxing crescent
First Quarter
waxing gibbous
25
Why does the Earth experience seasons?
The Earth spins about itself.
It gets closer or farther from the sun.
The Earth's revolution around the moon
Earth's tilt on its axis as it orbits the sun
26
The moon
has its own source of light
is smaller than earth and is closer than the sun
is smaller than earth but far away
is about the same size as earth
27
Earth is unique because
(choose ALL that make it unique)
it has gases we can breathe
it has water
it's the only planet with life
it has a protective atmosphere
28
What happens every 24 hours?
the Earth rotates on its axis
the Earth revolves around the sun
the Moon revolves around the Earth
the Moon makes one rotation
