Download Earth Science Chapter Two: What Makes Up the Solar System

Earth Science Chapter Two: What Makes Up the Solar System?
Multiple Choice
Lesson One: Investigation-No test questions from this lesson
Lesson Two: Stars and Galaxies
1. What is formed from a huge cloud of dust and gas called a nebula?
2. How long does the average star live?
3. The sun is part of a galaxy. How would you describe a galaxy?
Lesson Three: Constellations
1. What is a constellation?
2. How many different constellations are recognized today?
3. In which direction are you looking if you can see Polaris?
Lesson Four: The Solar System/ The Inner Planets/ The Outer Planets
1. Which group of stars include Earth?
2. How many planets are there in our solar system?
3. Ashley makes a model of the solar system. Which planet should she space
between Earth and Mercury in her model?
4. Name the order of the planets in our solar system.
5. What planets make up the four inner planets?
6. How did the inner planets get their name?
7. Why would astronauts not be able to leave their spacecrafts on Mercury, even
with spacesuits?
8. What makes Venus extremely poisonous to humans?
9. What are the two basic features that make life possible on Earth?
10. What do Mars and Earth both have in common?
11. What planets make up the four outer planets?
12. Which objects in Earth’s solar system can also be called a gas giant?
13. What makes up Jupiter’s famous Great Red Spot?
14. What makes Saturn easy to identify?
15. Why does Uranus appear to roll like a ball?
16. Which planet is considered Neptune’s twin planet?
Lesson Seven: Other Objects in the Solar System
1. What is another name for rocky objects that orbit the sun?
2. Which object is round, orbits the sun, and is larger than an asteroid?
3. How can a comet be described?
Short Answer
1. List the three main shapes of galaxies and explain how galaxies are held together.
2. Name and describe the shape of the galaxy containing Earth.