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Solar System Test Review: 4th Grade
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Solar System Test Review: 4th Grade
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What is the term for a point in a planet's orbit when it is FARTHEST the Sun?
perihelion
eclipse
ellipse
aphelion
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Scale models help us understand the Solar System because they
show which planets are rocky
show how to travel to other planets
show relative size and distance to other planets
show which planets have rings
3
Earth has day and night because
its orbit is an ellipse
it revolves around the Sun
its axis is tilted
it rotates on its axis
4
How many planets are in our Solar System?
9
8
10
6
5
Earth has seasons because
it rotates in a clockwise direction
it has water
it has a tilted axis and it revolves around the Sun
it has perihelion and aphelion
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What does the word "solar" mean?
having to do with the solar system
having to do with the moon
having to do with the Earth
having to do with the Sun
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What is the term for a point in a planet's orbit when it is CLOSEST to the Sun?
aphelion
ellipse
perihelion
revolution
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The inner planets are mostly
made of gases, with no atmosphere
made of gases, with rings and many moons
hard and rocky, with rings and no atmosphere
hard and rocky, with craters and few moons
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The name of the shape of a planet's path as it orbits around the Sun?
circle
diameter
ellipse
eclipse
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An imaginary line around which a planet rotates
orbit
crater
satellite
axis
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We see the moon phases because
the Moon changes in shape and size
the Moon orbits the Sun and is sometimes behind it
we see different amounts of the Moon's lighted surface
the amount of the Moon that gets lighted by the Sun changes
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What is the name of the planet farthest away from the Sun?
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
Uranus
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What are the four inner planets?
Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter
Mars, Venus, Earth, Jupiter
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
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A star and all the objects the revolve around it is called:
universe
galaxy
solar system
outer planets
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A shooting star is a
asteroid
meteor
constellation
comet
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Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are known as the...
Dwarf Planets
Rocky Planets
Red Giants
Gas Giants
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All the gas around the planet
crater
star
comet
atmosphere
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An object that revolves around another object
star
ellipse
aphelion
satellite
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The time it takes a planet to rotate once...
lightyear
day
year
orbit
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A huge ball of glowing gas that gives off heat and light is...
crater
comet
star
satellite
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A force that keeps each planet in its path around the Sun...
focus
ellipse
axis
gravity
