Study Island Science Test Study Quiz

Which of the following is a planet in the Solar System?

• The Moon

• Halley's Comet

• The sun

• the Earth

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Look at the table above, based on the group it is in, Mars

• has rings around it

• is small and made of mostly rock.

• is large and made of mostly of gas.

• has several icey moons.

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Different constellations are visible during different times of the year. Why is this?

• The earth orbits the Moon.

• The Earth orbits the Sun.

• The stars orbit the Earth.

• The sun orbits the Earth.

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Which of the following is a major difference between the Sun and the Earth?

• The Earth is much smaller than the Sun.

• The Earth is made of rock, while the Sun is made of gas.

• The Sun is much hotter than the Earth.

• All of these.

The picture above shows a model of the Solar System. What does the model show correctly about the Solar System?

• the speed that the planets orbit the Sun

• the location of the planets in order from the Sun

• the exact distance of each planet from the sun

• the size, to scale, of the orbits of the planets around the Sun.

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Which of the following makes up the majority of the Sun?

• liquids

• none of these

• solids

• gases

Julie and Mike like to look at the night sky every night. One night, Julie notices an interesting group of stars, and chooses to look at it through a telescope. If Mike looks at the same group of stars without a telescope, how will what they see compare?

• the Moon will appear smaller to Julie.

• Julie will see more stars

• Julie will see fewer stars

• Julie will see more atmosphere.

Emma made a poster of the Sun and the Earth. Her artwork looks similar to the diagram shown above. If you were visiting location C in the diagram, what time of day would it be?

• sunset

• sunrise

• nighttime

• daytime

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While at summer camp, Susan noticed a triangle pattern of bright stars straight up in the sky every night. One day in late fall Susan looked for the triangle of stars in the sky but he couldn't find it. What is the most likely reason that she couldn't find the same pattern of stars?

• The same patterns of sars can always be seen throughout the year.

• The sars that made up the pattern had all burnt out.

• Different patterns of stars can be seen in different seasons.

• The stars are always changing their position and making new patterns.

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Which planet has an orbit that is closer to the Sun than Earth?

• Neptune

• Mars

• Venus

• Jupiter