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_____ A crater is a pit, or hollow area in the ground.
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_____ The moon is about ¾’s as wide as the Earth.
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_____ The Earth’s seasons are caused by its closeness to or distance from the sun.
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_____ Earth is the only planet with two moons.
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_____ In June the North Pole tilts toward the sun.
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_____ The Earth’s axis always points in the same direction.
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_____ Mercury is the hottest planet with the highest average surface temperature.
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_____ Venus is Earth’s twin having almost the same size and mass.
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_____ Chunks of rock that orbit the sun are called asteroids.
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_____Often craters are caused by meteors, not meteorites.
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_____ There are no stars in our solar system.
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_____ The planets of the solar system are satellites of the sun.
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_____ Neptune is considered by scientist to be one of the inner planets.
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_____Jupiter has more than 60 moons and a thin ring of dust.
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_____ Uranus has a thin ring system.
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_____Jupiter has a large black spot thought to be an enormous storm raging for centuries.
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Earth and the other planets rotate around an imaginary line called a(n) __________________________
As the Earth travels on its journey around the sun, it moves in a pathway called a(n) ________________
____________________ is the only planet known to support life.
Mercury has a very ______________ side that faces the sun, and a very ___________________ side that
faces away from the sun.
A constellation is a pattern of __________________that seems to form a picture in the night sky.
__________________________, made of ice, dust, and rocks, orbit the sun in long narrow orbits.
Saturn is the ________________________ largest planet in the solar system.
Uranus is the ___________________________ from the sun.
The sun’s ___________________________________ is the force that keeps the planets in their orbits
around the sun.
An enormous sphere of hot glowing gases is a ______________________________ .
The ____________________________ is the biggest and brightest object in the night sky.
The moon’s orbit around the earth takes about _______________________ days.
The Earth not only rotates on its axis, it also ___________________________________ around the sun
in its orbit.
It is Earth’s _____________________________________ that causes day and night.
Multiple Choice:
Earth’s orbit around the sun takes
a) 88 days
b) 28 months
c) 24 hours
d) 365.25 days
A(n) _________ is an object that moves around another larger body in space.
a) planet
b) star
c) satellite
d) moon
c) liquids
d) candles
c) 4
d) 5
Stars are made of hot glowing _____ .
a) solids
b) gases
There are ___________ inner planets.
a) 6
b) 2
A year on Mercury is ____________ days.
a) 15
b) 88
c) 365.25
d) 97
The largest planet in the solar system is _________ .
a) Saturn
b) Jupiter
c) Earth
d) the sun
In order, from the sun, the 4th, 5th, 6th, planets are ________, __________, and _________ .
a) Mars, Jupiter, Saturn b) Mars, Jupiter, Venus c) Earth, Mars, Jupiter
d) Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Most asteroids are found in the asteroid belt between________ and _________ .
a) Venus & Earth b) Earth & Mars c) Mars & Jupiter d) Jupiter & Saturn
Comets are mostly made of ________ .
a) Sand & metal b) ice, rocks, & dust
c) gases
d) sand
When the Earth is directly between the moon and the sun we see the __________ moon.
a) Full
b) New
c) Gibbous
d) crescent
When the moon is directly between the Earth and the sun, it is the __________ moon.
a) Full
b) New
c) Gibbous
d) crescent
If the Earth were the size of a basketball, the moon would be about the size of a ____.
a) Ping pong ball b) golf ball
c) tennis ball
d) football
Short Response Questions (Remember to answer in complete sentences!):
What gives Mars its reddish color?
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How are meteors and meteorites alike and how are they different?
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Give several ways in which the inner planets differ from the outer planets.
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Why are there seasons on Earth?
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Identify and describe the two ways in which the Earth is in motion.
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Besides the Earth, what is your favorite planet in the solar system. Why?
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Write a letter to a friend describing your recent visit to the moon. Be sure to include no fewer than 4
facts about the moon.
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