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SOL 6.8 Solar System Review
SOL 6.8 Solar System Review
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What keeps planets from flying off into space?
The moon's gravity
Centrifugal force
The sun's gravity
Magnetism
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Which NASA missions went to the moon?
Mercury
Voyager
Apollo
Viking
3
Which of these is caused by the moon's gravitational pull on the oceans?
Waves
Pollution
Tides
Currents
4
Who was the first astronomer to correctly place the sun at the center of the solar system?
Aristotle
Copernicus
Ptolemy
Galileo
5
Which moon phase is shown here?
First quarter
Waning crescent
Waning gibbous
Waxing crescent
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A ceiling fan turning around and around is an example of?
Inertia
Revolution
Gravity
Rotation
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Which of the following is a correct statement?
Moons rotate around planets
Earth rotates around the sun
A planet revolves on its axis
Planets revolve around the sun
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Which of these causes day and night?
Earth's revolution
The sun's rotation
Earth's rotation
The tilt of Earth's axis
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Which lists correctly the size of the planets from smallest to largest?
Mercury, Saturn, Earth, Jupiter
Mercury, Earth, Saturn, Jupiter
Saturn, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter
Jupiter, Saturn, Earth, Mercury
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Which is NOT a member of the solar system?
Planets
Asteroids
Moons
Galaxies
