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Solar System Part 1
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Name this planet
Venus
Earth
Mars
Mercury
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A rocky planet that has a thick layer of carbon dioxide
Jupiter
Venus
Mercury
Neptune
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Name this planet
Venus
Mars
Mercury
Uranus
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The first object to go into space was called________________
Sputnik
Viking
Challenger
Apollo
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Name this planet
Neptune
Uranus
Jupiter
Earth
6
Occurs once a year when the sun shines directly on the Tropic of Cancer
winter solstice
spring equinox
summer solstice
fall equinox
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What season begins December 21st?
Winter
Fall
Spring
Summer
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What is it called when the earth cast a shadow on the moon?
Lunar Eclipse
Solar Eclipse
Solstice
Phase
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The Asteroid belt lies between__________________.
Mercury and Venus
Jupiter and Saturn
Mars and Jupiter
Earth and Mars
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Meteoroid is a rock ____________________
in space
in earth's atmosphere
that has hit a surface
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Name this moon phase
First Quarter
New Moon
full moon
Waxing Crescent
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When the moon cast a shadow on the earth
the end of the world
solar eclipse
seasons
lunar eclipse
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Most space probes have gone to ____________.
Mars
Mercury
Earth
Venus
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Revolution of a planet means
the time it takes to tilt on its side
the time it takes the planet to spin one time
the time it takes a planet to go around the sun one time
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A natural body that produces and gives off its own heat and light
asteroid
star
moon
planet
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Our solar system is a part of the ____________ galaxy.
Milky Way
Reeces
Three Musketeers
Snickers
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First Astronomer to use a telescope
Galileo
Kepler
Copernicus
Aristotle
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Summer Solstice occurs on the following date.
September 21
December 21
March 21
June 21
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The first American woman in space was______________.
Susan Brown
Sally Ride
Mrs. Palmer
Sally Rider
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Name this moon phase
Last Quarter
half moon
First Quarter
Waxing crescent
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Largest planet
Neptune
Saturn
Uranus
Jupiter
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The reason we have day and night is because of earth's...
atmosphere
rotation
revolution
tilt
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The probe that went to Saturn's moon, Titan was
Viking
New Horizon
Cassini
Challenger
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The path an object takes around is called
rotation
tilting
spinning
orbit
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A large spherical, non-shining body that orbits a star is called
a black hole
a star
a moon
a planet
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Comets are chunks of_________________.
rocks and frozen gases
rock
frozen gases
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The ISS is ______________________
communication satellite
robot
home in space
weather satellite
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The first man in space was..
John Glenn
Alan Shephard
Neil Armstrong
Yuri Gagarin
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The Apollo missions went to the _______________.
moon
Mars
Jupiter
Pluto
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When an object comes between the sun and a third object it is called a(an)..
eclipse
equinox
revolution
solstice
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This is caused by the earth's tilt on its axis
Day and night
tides
seasons
our year
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Farthest planet from the sun- lots of storms
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
Pluto
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Name this moon phase
waxing gibbous
full moon
waning gibbous
waxing crescent
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What does this movement represent?
Revolution
Rotation
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He believed that Aristotle's Geocentric Model was true.
Ptolemy
Galileo
Copernicus
Kepler
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Which is the largest?
galaxy
universe
planet
solar system
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The planet that has distinct rings
Jupiter
Saturn
Earth
Neptune
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This planet spins on its side
Venus
Uranus
Mercury
Neptune
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What does the following picture represent?
Rotation
Orbiting
Revolution
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Closest planet to the sun
Venus
Mars
Moon
Mercury
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Consist of one star, planets, moons, and other smaller objects
milkey way
galaxy
universe
solar System
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The winter solstice occurs on which date?
June 21
September 21
March 21
December 21
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Aristotle believed
the earth was flat
the earth orbited the sun
in the heliocentric model
in the geocentric model
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Name this planet
Pluto
Uranus
Neptune
Earth
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The study of the moon, stars, planets, and other objects in space.
ecology
chemistry
biology
astronomy
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Name this moon phase
waxing gibbous
waning crescent
waxing crescent
waning gibbous
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The only planet that supports life
Earth
Mercury
Mars
Jupiter
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Earth is tilted on its _______________.
axis
side
equator
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Name this planet
Moon
Pluto
Mercury
Venus
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Pluto is now called a
Dwarf Planet
Star
Moon
Planet
