Solar System Review 2018 19 Flashcards

1

What is the sixth largest planet?

Jupiter
Venus
Uranus
Saturn

2

What causes day and night?

The rotation of the moon
The revolution of the moon around the Earth
the rotation of the Earth
The revolution of the Earth around the Sun

3

What is the fourth largest planet?

Mercury
Earth
Mars
Saturn

4

Which sentence helps you remember the planets in order by size?

My mother always visits every night until she jets.
My very excited mother just served us nachos.
My mother visits every night until she jets.
My very excited mother visits every night.

5

Which two scientists have earth centered models of the universe?

Copernicus, Galileo
Ptolemy, Galileo
Copernicus, Ptolemy
Aristotle, Ptolemy

6

Which planet is the smallest?

Venus
Mars
Earth
Mercury

7

Which of the following has no life and virtually no atmosphere?

Sun
the Moon
Mars
the Earth

8

Which planet is a terrestrial planet?

Uranus
Earth
Saturn
Jupiter

9

Which planet is not considered a gas giant?

Uranus
Jupiter
Saturn
Earth

10

Which of the following is a rocky satellite of the Earth?

Earth
Venus
Sun
the Moon

11

Which planet is the largest?

Jupiter
Uranus
Venus
Saturn

12

What phase of the moon comes after a new moon?

waning crescent
waning gibbous
first quarter
waxing crescent

13

What is the fourth closest planet to the Sun?

Saturn
Neptune
Mars
Mercury

14

Which two scientists have sun centered models of the universe?

Aristotle, Copernicus
Aristotle, Ptolemy
Copernicus, Galileo
Ptolemy, Galileo

15

What causes the seasons?

the revolution of the Earth around the Sun
It is closer to the Sun in its orbit
The tilt of the Earth and its revolution around the Sun
Just the tilt of the Earth

Solar System Review 2018 19

Questions 15

Solar System Review 2018 19

Questions 15