Solar System

Question 1

The earth's orbit is not a perfect circle. It is an ellipse.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

What is the center of our solar system?

Accepted Answer

Sun

Question 3

The first day of spring which is March 21st is called the autumnal equinox.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

The moon phase that is mostly lit up on the left side is waxing gibbous.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

A ____________causes day and night.

Accepted Answer

rotation

Question 6

The moon phase that is lit up like the letter C is waning crescent.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

The time it takes from one sunrise to the next is called a solar day.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

The planet that spins on its side is called _________.

Accepted Answer

Uranus

Question 9

The path that each planet follows around the sun is called an/the _________.

Accepted Answer

orbit

Question 10

Once every 2 years, the calendars "catch up" in what is called a leap year.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

Which instrument makes faraway objects seem closer?

Accepted Answer

telescope

Question 12

Seasons are caused by Earth’s_______.

Accepted Answer

axis

Question 13

A group of stars that form a pattern in the night sky is called a constellation.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

The change in the surface level of the ocean rising and falling each day is called the wind.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

A sun or star is a huge globe of hot gases that shines by its own light.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

The large red dot planet is Mars.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

The largest planet in the solar system is ______________.

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Question 18

The star Polaris is also known as the South Star.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

Shadow created by the sun is longest at noon in the season of summer and shortest at noon in the season of winter.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

A moon or planet is a large object that circles a star and does not produce light of its own.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

An imaginary rod stretching through Earth between the North and South Poles is called a/an ________.

Accepted Answer

axis

Question 22

Earth takes approximately 24 hours for one complete _________.

Accepted Answer

rotation

Question 23

Small object in space, made of ice, dust, gas, and rock, orbiting a star and can form a tail is called a nebulae.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 24

This word means "equal nights." equinox

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

How come you cannot see the winter constellations during the summer?

Accepted Answer

They are on the other side of the Sun from Earth.

Question 26

The remaining material of a meteor that has landed on the ground is called a meteorite.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

When one hemisphere is experiencing summer, the other is experiencing spring.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 28

The earth rotates every day. The rate of movement every hour is about 30 degrees.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

The sun, moon, and stars seem to set and rise in the sky.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 30

The planet we live on is called_________.

Accepted Answer

Earth

Question 31

Our________________ consists of the sun, the planets and their moons.

Accepted Answer

Solar System

Question 32

The Moon is an example of __________.

Accepted Answer

Satellite

Question 33

Terrestrial planets are made of gas.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 34

The Earth takes approximately 365 1/4 days to make one_____________ .

Accepted Answer

revolution

Question 35

The day when Earth is most tilted toward the sun, June 21st and December 21st, are called equinox.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 36

A piece of rock or metal from space that enters Earth’s atmosphere is called a meteor.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 37

The sun rises each morning in the west and sets each afternoon or evening in the east.

Accepted Answer

False

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