4th Nine Weeks Final Review

Which of the following is true about the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune)?

• the outer planets are smaller than the inner planets
• the outer planets all have short years (revolutions around the Sun)
• the outer planets are all made of gas
• the outer planets all rotate on their sides

What do we call it when a planet travels around the sun?

• Retrospective
• Revolution
• Retroactive
• Rotation

Where is the asteroid belt found?

• Past Neptune
• Between Mars and Earth
• Between Mars and Jupiter
• Between Mars and Saturn

A meteor becomes called this after it lands on a planet.

• Meteoroid
• Asteroid
• Meteorite
• Planet

A rocky object that revolves around the sun, but is too small to be considered a planet.

• Meteoroid
• Asteroid
• Meteorite
• Planet

Which of the following do we also know as a "shooting star" because it "lights up" when it hits the atmosphere of Earth?

• Asteroid
• Meteor
• Comet

This object is made of rock and ice and looks like it has a tail because as it gets closer to the sun, the ice begins to evaporate?

• Asteroid
• Meteor
• Comet

Which way does a comet's "tail" always point?

• away from the Sun
• towards the Sun
• parallel to the Sun

Which of the following is the biggest level of organization when studying ecology?

• population
• ecosystem
• community
• organism

Which of the following is an example of a POPULATION?

• All the birds of a forrest
• All the spotted owls in a forrest
• All the living things within a forrest
• All the biotic and abiotic things within a forrest