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Solar System Brain Strainer
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A revision quiz for Earth and Space science unit - ACARA Year 7.
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1
Lunar eclipses are harmful to observe with the naked eye
False
True
2
The Sun is the biggest planet in our solar system
False
True
3
The curved path of a celestial object around another is...
an orbit
an eclipse
a revolution
a path
4
How many are stars are in the solar system?
8
10
9
1
5
The moon is visible during a total lunar eclipse.
True
False
6
A
penumbral
eclipse is when the Earth passes through the Moon's penumbral shadow.
True
False
7
Lunar eclipses occur every full moon.
False
True
8
Which is the biggest planet in the Solar System?
Pluto
Jupiter
Earth
Saturn
9
What does a new moon look like in the sky?
A full visible disk
It can't be seen
A small crescent shape
A partially visible disk
10
The moon's plane of orbit is titled at a ? angle compared to the Earth's orbit around the Sun.
0o
5o
60o
23.5o
11
Where would an observer need to be to witness a lunar eclipse?
Anywhere on the night side of the Earth
Only where the Earth experinceing sunrise or sunset
Only on the Equator
In a galaxy far far away
12
Lunar eclipses can only occur during a full moon.
False
True
13
A lunar eclipse occurs when:
The Moon is directly betweenthe Sun and the Earth
There's nothing else for the moon to do
The Sun is directly between the Earth and the Moon
The Earth is directly between the Sun and the Moon
14
The moon's orbit is on the same plane (level) as the Earth's orbit.
False
True
15
The force that attracts (pulls) all matter together is
mass
density
gravity
love
16
What is a penumbra?
A dark shadow.
A shadow at an oblique angle
A light shadow.
A monthly moon phase
17
Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune are called:
The gas dwarfs
The gas giants
The Gas Stars
Mean names by the other planets
18
The force of gravity that exists between two objects depends on two things:
The density and speed of both objects
The mass of both objects and the distance between them
The alignment of like atoms
The weight and temperature of both objects
19
In science, mass is defined as...
How tightly packed the matter in an object is
something very large
How much matter an object contains
The diameter of a star
20
The seasons on Earth are caused by:
The tilted axis of the Earth
The moons gravitational pull on the oceans
Mermaids singing together
The Earth's proximity (nearness) to the Sun
