4th grade FCPS Weather and Beyond (Solar System) 2017-2018

Question 1

True or False: Mercury is the closest to the sun.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

What two philosophers believed in a heliocentric (sun-centered) model of the universe?

Accepted Answer

Galileo, Copernicus

Question 3

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are all known as-

Accepted Answer

terrestrial planets

Question 4

Which of the following planets are classified as gas giants?

Accepted Answer

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

Question 5

T/F:The image shows how the Earth revolves around the sun as the moon revolves around the Earth

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

What is the approximate time it takes for the moon to complete a full rotation and revolution?

Accepted Answer

revolution: 28 days; rotation: 28 days

Question 7

What is the approximate time it takes for the Earth to complete a full rotation and revolution?

Accepted Answer

revolution: 365 days; rotation: 24 hours

Question 8

True or False: The following diagram represents the earth's rotation around the sun.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

What is one important reason why seasons occur on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Earth's axis is tilted

Question 10

The Earth has day and night because of-

Accepted Answer

the rotation on its axis

Question 11

Which number shows where Jim should place Saturn on his model?

Accepted Answer

6

Question 12

The phases of the Moon occur in a certain order. Which is the next phase in the sequence?

Accepted Answer

Full Moon

Question 13

Which of the following choices lists the planets in order as they appear from the sun?

Accepted Answer

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,Neptune

Question 14

What two philosophers believed in a (geocentric) Earth-centered model of the universe?

Accepted Answer

Aristotle, Ptolemy

Question 15

The largest planet in the solar system is __ and the smallest is __

Accepted Answer

Jupiter, Mercury

Questions 15