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Solar System Unit Review
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1
What does the atmosphere protect us from?
Freezing temperatures
Sun’s radiation
The magnetic field
Carbon dioxide
2
Which moon phase is pictured below?
waxing gibbous
waning gibbous
waxing crescent
waning crescent
3
What are shooting stars?
Meteors
Comets
Asteroids
Dwarf Planets
4
Which layer of the atmosphere do meteors burn up in?
Stratosphere
Troposphere
Thermosphere
Mesosphere
5
Most of the air in the atmosphere is located in which layer?
stratosphere
troposphere
mesosphere
thermosphere
6
Which layer of the atmosphere does the temperature decrease as altitude increases?
mesosphere
thermosphere
troposphere
stratosphere
7
Gravity between what has the greatest impact on tides?
a) Earth and Sun
a) Earth and Mars
a) Earth and Pluto
a) Earth and Moon
8
During which moon phase would we experience a Neap Tide?
Waning Gibbous
Waxing Crescent
Quarter Moon
New Moon
9
What is the force that keeps all the planets in orbit?
gravity
inertia
friction
resistance
10
What causes day and night?
The Moon rotating
The Earth rotating on it’s axis
The Earth revolving around the sun
The Sun orbiting the moon
11
What is the name of a natural or artificial object that revolves around the Earth?
Space station
Satellite
Probe
Star
12
What causes the seasons?
The Sun orbiting the moon
The Moon rotating
The Earth revolving around the sun
The Earth rotating on it’s axis
13
Which season is the northern hemisphere experiencing at letter D?
Fall
Summer
Winter
Spring
14
Which two gases are most abundant in the atmosphere?
Nitrogen and Oxygen
Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide
Argon and Oxygen
Nitrogen and Carbon dioxide
15
All the outer planets are-
liquid planets
terrestrial planets
dwarf planets
gaseous planets
16
Which moon phase would we experience a Spring Tide?
New Moon
Waxing Gibbous
1st Quarter
Waning Crescent
17
The ozone layer is located in which layer of the atmosphere?
mesosphere
troposphere
stratosphere
thermosphere
18
Which moon phase is shown in this picture?
New moon
Waning crescent
1st Quarter
3rd Quarter
19
How much gravity on object has depends on which two things?
a) Mass and length
a) Mass and diameter
a) Distance and length
a) Distance and mass
20
From this list which moon phase comes at the beginning of the moon phases?
3rd quarter
Waning gibbous
Waxing crescent
Full moon
