Science Warm-up #4

A planet’s movement around the sun is called

• Rotation

• Axis

• Revolution

• Inertia

Which planet does not have any moons?

• Earth

• Mercury

• Uranus

• Mars

Moving from day to night is one

• Rotation

• Axis

• Revolution

• Inertia

All of the following are outer planets except

• Venus

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Pluto

The fourth planet from the sun is

• Venus

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Mars

Copernicus believed in the _______________ theory, while Ptolemy believed in the _______________ theory of the universe.

• (geocentric, heliocentric)

• (heliocentric, geocentric)

• (geocentric, geocentric)

• (heliocentric, heliocentric)

This object has a tail that becomes longer as it approaches the sun.

• comet

• meteoroid

• meteor

• asteroid

A chunk of rock that enters Earth’s atmosphere is a(n)

• Meteorite

• Comet

• Meteoroid

• Meteor

Which planet rotates top to bottom?

• Uranus

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Neptune

Some of these objects orbit between Mars and Jupiter.

• Meteors

• Asteroids

• Comets

• Meteoroids