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Space Test
1. Which is a sun centered solar system?
a. Heliocentric
c. geocentric
b. Ellipse
d. constellation
2. What is the shape of the orbit that each planet is in?
a. Square
c. circle
b. Ellipse
d. geocentric
3. What is the AU for Jupiter? (Jupiter: 779,000,000km)
a. 1
c. 7.02
b. 200
d. 5.19
4. What is the AU for Earth?
a. 1
c. 7.02
b. 200
d. 5.19
5. Which of the planets have rings around them?
a. Terrestrial
c. gas giants
b. Pluto
d. sun
6. Which is not one of the terrestrial planets? (rocky planets)
a. Jupiter
c. Earth
b. Mars
d. Venus
7. Which is not one of the gas planets?
a. Jupiter
c. Saturn
b. Mars
d. Neptune
8. Which is the correct order of the planets?
a. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus, Pluto
b. Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
c. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
d. Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury
9. Which is an Earth centered solar system?
a. Heliocentric
c. Geocentric
b. Ellipse
d. Constellation
10. The Earth spinning on its axis is called it _______________.
a. Rotation
c. Revolution
b. Year
d. Seasons
11. What does AU stand for?
a. Astronaut underpants
c. Always unusual
b. Astronomical unit
d. Astronomical universe
Solve for the AU of each planet…
Planet
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
Distance
58,000,000
108,000,000
150,000,000
228,000,000
778,000,000
1,427,000,000
2,870,000,000
4,497,000,000
5,870,000,000
AU
Solve for the scaled distance of each planet…
Planet
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
AU
Scaled distance
Solve for the scaled size of each planet…
Planet
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
Size compared to Jupiter
28.4 smaller
11.7 smaller
11.1 smaller
21.1 smaller
10 feet!!!
1.18 smaller
2.79 smaller
2.87 smaller
62.5 smaller
Scaled size