Topic 1b: Solar System

What is the name of the imaginary line that Earth turns around on?

• rotation

• axis

• orbit

• ellipse

A huge system of gas, dust, stars, and objects orbiting stars that is held

together by the force of gravity is a __________________________.

• Galaxy

   

• Comet

• Meteor

• Gas giant

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___________ is the largest rocky planet in the solar system.

• Mars

• Earth

• Mercury

• Jupiter

An inner planet is ______________________.

• Uranus

   

• Venus

• Saturn

• Neptune

When Earth spins, it turns around an imaginary line called a(n) ___________________.

• rotation

• axis

• orbit

• ellipse

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What is the best description of the Milky Way?

• Earth, its moon, the sun, and Jupiter

• Gas, dust, stars, and objects that orbit stars

• Asteroids, comets, objects that orbit stars, and the stars

• The inner planets, the outer planets, gas, and dust

A woman observed the image of the moon seen in the picture. She wanted to know what the moon looked like several nights before. Which best describes the shape of the moon that occurred before she observed the moon phase seen?

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  The moon looked exactly the same.

   

• The moon was a full moon (fully visible).

• The moon was more than half lit on the right side.

• The moon was a new moon (not visible).

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What will the moon look like in approximately 14 days after the

phase seen in the picture?

 

 

• New Moon

• 1st Quarter Moon

• 3rd Quarter Moon

• Full Moon

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The sun seems to change position in the sky because of ___________.

• Earth's rotation

• Earth's Orbit

• The sun's rotation

• The sun's orbit

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Which is an object in the solar system that is a frozen mass of ice and dust?

• an asteroid

• a comet

• a moon

• a planet