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A #science Quiz to introduce us to #moonphases #sun #earth and #planets
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1
What protects people on Earth from the Sun's harmful rays?
The water
The atmosphere
Trees
The moon
2
What moon phase would come NEXT?
Waning gibbous
Waxing crescent
Waning crescent
Waxing gibbous
3
Who believed that the Sun was the center of our solar system?
Aristotle and Copernicus
Copernicus and Galileo
Copernicus and Ptolemy
Aristotle and Ptolemy
4
How many planets make up our solar system?
9
8
7
10
5
The balls below represent the planets. If Earth is the tennis ball, what does the football represent?
Jupiter
Pluto
Saturn
Neptune
6
What space missions helped us learn new information about the moon?
Voyager
Sputnik
Gemini
Apollo
7
What is the sun made up of?
Metals like steel and aluminum
Rocks like magma and granite
Liquids like water and mercury
Gases like helium and hydrogen
8
Identify the moon phase in this picture.
Last quarter
Waning gibbous
Full moon
Waxing gibbous
9
Which planet is known for its beautiful rings, which are made of ice and dust?
Jupiter
Saturn
Pluto
Neptune
10
Which planet is the fourth away from the sun?
Venus
Mars
Mercury
Neptune
11
Which moon phase would come NEXT?
Full moon
Last quarter
First quarter
New moon
12
What is the sixth planet from the sun?
Earth
Jupiter
Uranus
Saturn
13
What does "orbit" mean?
to float in a straight line
to spin
to revolve around
to rotate
14
Every 365 days, the Earth completes one ___________
moon phase
rotation
revolution
season
15
The planet closest to the sun is..
Jupiter
Earth
Saturn
Mercury
16
Which two are gas planets?
Neptune and Jupiter
Mercury and Venus
Earth and Mars
Pluto and Earth
17
Identify the phase of the moon in this picture.
Waning crescent
Waxing crescent
Last quarter
First quarter
18
What is at the center of our solar system?
Earth
Mrs. Sawyers
The Moon
The Sun
19
The largest planet is _________
Mercury
Saturn
Earth
Jupiter
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Who believed that the Earth would be the center of the solar system?
Galileo and Copernicus
Ptolemy and Aristotle
