8th grade test review- Solar System

A self-luminous celestial body.

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Which of the following is a complete list of the inner planets?

The path an object takes as it revolves around another larger object.

An object in a solar system that is larger than an asteroid or comet, and is smaller than the Sun.

Areas of Earth receive different ________ of light throughout the year.

The sun has a gravitational pull on objects in in the solar system

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Asteroid is Celestial objects that are smaller and less uniform and made up of rock and metal.

Occurs when the full Moon passes into Earth’s shadow.

The sun holds celestial objects in orbit

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All the space and the matter that space contains?

Which is the correct order? smallest- largest

The Sun and the group of planets that revolve around it.

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Earth and its solar system are a part of which of the following galaxies

Occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and Sun, covering the Sun.

The shape of the illuminated portion of the Moon.

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Galaxy is a large mass of stars

A reason Earth experiences seasons is that Earth __________ around the Sun.

Large, distant planets, like Neptune, can have an ________ that takes many Earth years to complete.