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Ch. 4 The Solar System
Ch. 4 The Solar System
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An 8th grade review of Ch. 4, The Solar System. #science #8thgrade #space #solarsystem
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All known dwarf planets except Ceres orbit in the
Milky Way
Kuiper belt
Oort cloud
Asteriod belt
2
The Great Red Spot is a huge storm on
Saturn
Jupiter
Uranus
Neptune
3
The force of ______________ holds the solar system together.
inertia
friction
gravity
magnetism
4
Earth’s 3 main layers from the
inside out
are
mantle, core, crust
mantel, crust, core
crust, mantle, core
core, mantle, crust
5
The fact that each planet’s orbit is an ellipse was discovered by
Kepler
Galileo
Newton
Copernicus
6
Mars and Venus have an atmosphere that is composed mostly of
hydrogen
nitrogen
oxygen
carbon dioxide
7
Because the four outer planets are so large, they are often called
humongous planets
OMG planets
gas giants
giant spheres
8
How does Earth compare to the 4 outer planets?
Both are the same size and are made of iron.
Outer planets are larger and are made of iron.
Outer planets are larger and made of hydrogen and helium.
Both are the same size and made of hydrogen and helium.
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What do all of the inner planets have in common?
They all have abundant liquid water.
They all have many moons.
They all have rings.
They all are small and have rocky surfaces.
10
Most asteroids orbit the Sun in the
Milky Way
Kuiper belt
Asteriod belt
Oort cloud
11
Venus and Earth are much alike in terms of
their size and density.
their atmospheres.
their rates of rotation.
their direction of rotation.
12
Neptune is very similar in size and color to
Saturn
Jupiter
Earth
Uranus
13
Aside from Earth, which inner planet once had liquid water on its surface?
Mars
Europa
Venus
Mercury
14
Uranus is different from most other planets because it
is the farthest from the sun.
is mostly nitrogen and helium.
has the most moons.
rotates on its side.
15
Between Mars and Jupiter is a region of the solar system called the
Oort cloud
Asteroid belt
Kuiper belt
Milky Way
16
Which is the smallest terrestrial planet?
Venus
Earth
Mars
Mercury
17
All of the _______________ planets have many moons.
inner
outer
dwarf
rocky
18
The five known __________ in our solar system are Pluto, Eris, Ceres, Makemake, and Haumea.
dwarf planets
asteriods
meteorites
comets
19
In a heliocentric system,
the Sun appears to move backward among the planets .
all planets revolve around the Sun.
the sun revolves around Earth.
Earth is the center of the Universe.
20
The solar system formed from
a black hole
an expanding galaxy
a giant cloud of gas and dust
an enormous explosion
21
Which model of the solar system has Earth at the center of the revolving planet and stars?
mercurian
heliocentric
geocentric
Newtonian
22
The heliocentric system gained support when Galileo observed that
one side of the moon always faces Earth.
most of the smaller planets are closer to the sun.
the orbit of each planet is an ellipse.
Venus goes through phases similar to those of Earth's moon.
23
The inner planets that experience a greenhouse effect are
Earth and Mars
Mercury and Earth
Venus and Earth
Venus and Mars
24
Which of the following characteristic(s) do the outer planets share?
All of the outer planets have liquid water.
All of the outer planets have dense rocky surfaces.
All of the outer planets have rings around them.
All of the outer planets contain life.
25
The Sun, eight planets and their moons, and several kinds of smaller objects make up the _____.
Galaxy
Universe
Asteroid Belt
Solar System
26
What is distinctive about Jupiter?
It is the planet with the most spectacular rings.
It is smaller and denser than the other outer planets.
It is the largest and most massive planet.
Its axis of rotation is tilted 90 degrees.
27
Saturn’s rings are made up mostly of
ice and water vapor
nitrogen and helium
chunks of ice and rock
volcanic dust particles
28
Scientists think the solar system formed about
4.6 thousand years ago
4.6 million years ago
4.6 billion years ago
4.6 hundred thousand years ago
29
All the inner planets have an atmosphere except
Mars
Mercury
Earth
Venus
30
Small asteroid-like bodies that became the
building blocks for the planets
are called
planetesimals
meteoroids
open clusters
comets
31
Most comets originate in the
Kuiper belt
Oort cloud
Milky Way
Asteriod belt
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Galileo’s theory is called the heliocentric theory. Why is Galileo’s discovery a theory?
He became a wealthy man when everyone bought his theory.
It is widely accepted explanation of the way nature works.
It describes how nature works under a set of conditions.
It is a scientific fact that cannot be disputed.
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Meteoroids usually come from
debris from other planets.
the solar wind.
comets or asteroids.
meteorites.
