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Solar System
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This is a pretest for middle school science; the solar system.
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1
We can observe phases on this object much like the moon.
Sun
Uranus
Mars
Venus
2
Planets are all the same distance from each other.
False
True
3
The Earth is the only planet that experiences wind storms.
False
True
4
Meteors are objects that reach the Earth's atmosphere and burn up.
False
True
5
Saturn is most famous for being the only planet with rings.
False
True
6
Impact craters often have a little peak in the center.
False
True
7
These objects are located in a band between Mars and Jupiter.
asteroids
galaxies
meteorites
comets
8
Which of the following does not have craters?
Saturn
Mars
Mercury
Earth
9
Over 99% of the solar system is empty space.
False
True
10
The planet whose day is longer than its year is
Mars
Mercury
Neptune
Venus
11
The force that keeps the solar system together is
gravity
magnetism
centrifugal
radiation
12
Rocks found on other planets are very different from those found on Earth.
True
False
13
These objects are primarily made of rocks and ice and travel in elliptical orbits.
comets
meteors
planet rings
asteroids
14
Most of the mass of the solar system is contained in the planets
True
False
15
Eclipses are produced by shadows in space.
True
False
16
The planet with a density so low it would float in water is
Mercury
Earth
Venus
Saturn
17
The only planet on which water exists in all three physical states is
Venus
Neptune
Mars
Earth
18
A planet that looks like a miniature solar system is
Mercury
Mars
Jupiter
Neptune
19
Volcanic rocks can be found on all of the following except
Jupiter
Io
Venus
Mars
20
The sun's gravity keeps Pluto from flying off into deep space.
True
False