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Solar System
Test Review
There are several planets in the solar
system. What do all of these planets
have in common?
A. They all orbit the Sun.
B. They are all close to the Moon.
C.They are all called Earth.
D.They all orbit the Moon.
What is the largest object in our solar
system?
A. Jupiter
B. the Sun
C.the Moon
D.Earth
What are the large objects that
revolve around the Sun called?
A. asteroids
B. comets
C. planets
D. moons
What are the large objects that
revolve around the planets called?
A. moons
B. the Sun
C. comets
D. stars
Which of the following correctly fills in the blank
in the statement below?
The Earth is the ____ planet from the Sun.
A. 5th
B. 4th
C. 3rd
D. 2nd
Image courtesy
NASA.gov
scale is relative only
Which planet has an orbit that is closer to the Sun than
Earth?
A. Mars
B. Neptune
C. Venus
D. Jupiter
Image courtesy
NASA.gov
scale is relative only
Which planet has the orbit that is the farthest away
from the Sun?
A. Neptune
B. Earth
C. Saturn
D. Mars
Another name for the inner planets is
________, which describes their physical
characteristics.
A. the gas giants
B. the terrestrial planets
C. the cold planets
D. the large planets
The eight planets of the solar system can be divided into two
groups, as shown in the table below.
Group 1
Group 2
larger planets
smaller planets
made mostly of gases
made mostly of rock and iron
rings present
no rings present
several moons per planet
0 - 2 moons per planet
Which of the following correctly identifies the planets in these
groups?
A.
Group 2 is the two outer planets, and, Group 1 is the six inner planets.
B.
Group 1 is the four outer planets, and Group 2 is the four inner planets.
C.
Group 1 is the four inner planets, and Group 2 is the four outer planets.
D.
Group 2 is the six outer planets, and Group 1 is the two inner planets.
Look at the table below, and answer the question that follows.
Inner Planets
Outer Planets
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
Earth
Uranus
Mars
Neptune
Based on the planet group
it is in, Mars
A. has rings around it.
B. is small and made mostly of rock.
C. is large and made mostly of
gases.
D. has several icy moons.
There are eight planets in the solar system. Each
planet is different from the others, but they all
share some common characteristics.
Which of the following is a similarity of all
planets?
A. All planets have liquid water.
B. All planets have organisms on them.
C. All planets orbit a star.
D. All planets are the same size.
Pluto used to be considered one of nine major planets
in our Solar System. It is now considered _______.
A. a dwarf planet
B. a planetary satellite
C. an asteroid
D. a comet
Many technological advances have helped people perform
scientific studies. An important area of science that has been
influenced by technology is space study. Without the invention
of special equipment, much of what is known about space would
not be known today.
Which of the following inventions has contributed to the study
of space?
A. satellites
B. telescopes
C. space crafts
D. all of these
Beginning in January of 2004 there have been many
photographs and other data collected from the surface
of Mars.
How was this data collected?
A.
by very powerful telescopes
B.
by a team of astronauts who
traveled to Mars
C.
by satallites orbiting Mars
D.
by unmanned robot rovers
Which of the following small objects
revolve around the Sun?
A. meteoroids
B. comets
C. asteroids
D. all of these
A student rubs two wooden sticks together very
hard and fast. What effect will this rubbing have?
A. The sticks will begin to melt
B. The sticks will become magnetic
C. The temperature of the sticks will increase
D. The sound of the rubbing will become lower.
A _______, such as the one
shown above, is a small
body that orbits the Sun
and has a tail.
A.
comet
B.
meteor
C.
planet
D.
asteroid
Sometimes, small pieces of rock or dust enter
the Earth's atmosphere. When this material heats
up and burns, it glows and becomes visible from
the Earth's surface.
These burning pieces of material are
called _______.
A. meteors
B. comets
C. moons
D. planetoids
What is the name for a group of
planets that revolve around a central
star?
A. the Sun
B. solar system
C. galaxy
D. universe
Which of the following best describes the
Earth?
A. It is one of several moons that orbit
around the Sun.
B.
It is one of millions of stars in the galaxy.
C.
It is the only known planet that orbits
around the Sun.
D.
It is one of several planets that orbit
around the Sun.
Which of the following is a planet in the
Solar System?
A.
the Sun
B.
the Earth
C.
Halley's Comet
D.
the Moon
What tool is most helpful in observing the
Moon?
a microscope
B. binoculars
C. a planetarium
D. a telescope
A.
In terms of size, the Earth is
A. the smallest object in the galaxy.
B. much larger than all stars.
C. much smaller than the Sun.
D. the largest planet in our solar
system.
Which of the planets listed below is
the largest?
A. Mercury
Mars
C. Jupiter
D. Earth
B.
What keeps a planet in orbit around
the Sun?
A. radiation
B. magnetism
C. gravity
D. heat
Gravity keeps
A. the planet Jupiter in orbit around the Sun.
B.
the Moon in orbit around Earth.
C.
moons in orbit around the planet Jupiter.
D.
all of these
The Sun is a _______.
A. nebula
planet
C. meteor
D. star
B.
Which of the following words best
describes the Sun?
A. star
B. planet
C. moon
D. comet
The Sun is more than 100 times as wide as the planet Earth.
How big is the Sun compared to most other stars?
A.
It is a very large star but not the largest.
B.
It is an average-sized star.
C.
It is much smaller than most other stars.
D.
It is much larger than all other stars.
Colin was driving to a football field. The stadium lights at
the field are large and very bright. When Colin was still
far away from the field, he could see the stadium lights,
but they appeared very small.
How are the lights at the stadium similar to stars in the
sky?
A.
Stars cannot be seen from far away.
B.
Stars appear large because they are very far away.
C.
Stars actually grow bigger as you move closer to them.
D.
Stars appear to be small because they are very far away.