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Exploring the Solar System Unit Review
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What will happen to a rocket that takes off at a slow speed?
it will leave Earth's orbit and go out to space
it will orbit around the Earth quickly
It will orbit around the Earth slowly
it will fall back to the Earth
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I revolve very quickly around the sun or it would pull me in, and the sun looks huge! Who am I?
Venus
Mercury
Earth
an asteroid
3
If a rocket travels from Earth to the edge of the solar system, the amount of gravity will
increase then decrease
decrease
stay the same
increase
4
What holds us to the Earth's surface?
gravity
magnetism
the Earth's revolution around the Sun
the Earth's rotation on its axis
5
The Sun is
the same size as the moon
an average star
orbiting around the Earth
a yellow planet
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What is the source of the sun's energy?
heat
gravity
nuclear fusion
light
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What is an example of a gas planet?
Uranus
Mercury
Mars
Venus
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Which inventions have helped us learn more about space?
satellites
probes
telescopes
all of the above
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I have 2 moons and am known as the red planet. Who am I?
Mercury
Venus
Ceres
Mars
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What makes up our solar system?
the sun and planets
the sun
the sun, planets, moons and asteroids, comets, meteors, etc
the sun, planets and moons
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Based on mass, which space object would have the least gravitational force?
Jupiter
the moon
Earth
Saturn
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Based on mass, which space object would have the most gravitational force?
Jupiter
an asteroid
Pluto
the moon
13
On Earth an astronaut has a mass of 120 kg and a weight of 1200 newtons. On the moon, her
mass will increase and weight decrease
mass will decrease and weight will decrease
mass will stay the same and weight decrease
mass and weight will both stay the same
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One AU is equal to the distance between
The Earth and Mars
the Sun and the Earth
The Sun and Pluto
The sun and Mercury
15
What is the name of the telescope that is a satellite orbiting Earth?
Copernicus
Galileo
Hubble
Hale
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What is an example of a rocky planet?
Venus
Jupiter
Neptune
Saturn
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_____________ is the largest planet in our Solar System.
Jupiter
Uranus
Neptune
Saturn
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What is an example of remote sensing?
Measuring the mass of a block of wood
Measuring the temperature on Mars
Measuring the length of your paper
Measuring the volume of a beaker of water
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Why did Uranus get discovered so much later than other planets (1781)?
it was covered with clouds
it couldn't be seen without a stronger telescope
it doesn't reflect light
it was blocked by the moon
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Which is NOT orbiting another object in our solar system?
the moon
Jupiter
the sun
Pluto
