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The Solar System Unit Review
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A student is using the objects in the chart to represent the Earth, Sun, Mercury and Jupiter. Which object is the Sun
Grain of sand
Marble
Basketball
Small Pebble
2
Which diagram best represents the Sun, Earth and Moon?
D
C
B
A
3
A student is using the objects in the chart to represent the Earth, Sun, Mercury and Jupiter. Which object is Earth
Small Pebble
Grain of sand
Basketball
Marble
4
Moon Phases are caused by-
rotation of moon
relative postions of Earth, Moon and Sun
that shadow of Earth on the moon
relative positions of planets to the sun
5
Which diagram best represents our solar system
D
B
C
A
6
Which characteristic is unique to Earth as a planet?
orbited by a moon
covered mostly by water
has a gravitational field
revolves around the sun
7
Which of the following would a telescope be used for?
to view parts of a cell
to better understand Earth
to see the core of other planets
to look at atoms
8
In the 1900s Edwin Hubble found there are other galaxies. These observations depended on technology 1st developed by-
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Democritus
Issac Newton
Galileo Galilei
9
The protective atmosphere is important to sustaining life on Earth
False
True
10
Use the diagram below. What position of the moon will tides be especially high and low?
2
3
4
1
11
A student is using the objects in the chart to represent the Earth, Sun, Mercury and Jupiter. Which object is Jupiter
Basketball
Grain of sand
Marble
Small Pebble
12
A student is using the objects in the chart to represent the Earth, Sun, Mercury and Jupiter. Which object is Mercury
Grain of sand
Marble
Small Pebble
Basketball
13
Which lists only characteristic of a dwarf planet
larger than planets and clears orbit
smaller than planets and clears orbit
larger than planets and does not clears orbit
smaller than planet and does not clear orbit
14
The Kepler telescope measures the brightness of stars as planets move across them. How has this expanded our views?
it has aided in discovering life outside our solar system
it has aided in discovering planets inside our solar system
it has aided in discovering life inside our solar system
it has aided in discovering planets outside our solar system
15
The time of rotation being 24 hours is important to sustaining life on Earth
False
True
16
What technological invention provided evidence that the Sun was the center of the solar system and not Earth?
telescope
rockets
microscope
periscope
17
The surface structure of rock and water is important to sustaining life on Earth
False
True
18
The distance from the Sun is important to sustaining life on Earth
False
True
19
Which Statement describes a comet?
mostly rocky and solid
mostly gaseous
mostly liquid
20
Which objects are larger than Earth?
Mercury
Saturn
the average asteroid
Earth's Moon
21
Two high tides and two low tides occur on Earth every-
week
day
hour
month
22
The box below shows the axis. What is caused by axis indicated as Earth moves around the sun?
seasons
tides
moon phases
day and night
23
Which moon phase is a full moon?
7
3
5
1
24
Which Statement describes an asteroid?
mostly gaseous
mostly liquid
mostly rocky and solid
25
Which of the following aspects of planets in influenced most by gravity?
the tilt of the axis
the number of moons per planet
masses of the planets
orbital path
26
The orbit shape of an ellipse important to sustaining life on Earth
True
False
27
The cycle of day and night on Earth is a result of
Earth rotating on its axis
the moon revolving around Earth
Earth revolving around the sun
the moon rotating on its axis
28
How can the model below show day changing to night in the model displayed below?
spin the globe near the light bulb
move the light in a circle around the globe
tilt the globe towards the light
turn the light bulb off and on near the globe
29
Which condition will it be at point x due to the tilt of the Earth?
spring
fall
summer
winter
30
What force is necessary to keep the planets in orbit around the Sun?
gravity
friction
nuclear force
magnetism
31
The time of revolving being 365 days is important to sustaining life on Earth
False
True
32
Use the diagram below. Point 1 shows summer and point 2 shows winter. What is the reason for the difference of seasons?
oceans cool the air faster at point 2
point 2 is farther from the sun
the atmosphere is thinner at point 2
point 2 receives less direct sunlight
