Science Test 11

a reusable vehicle used to transport equipment and people into space

• space shuttle

• rocket

• satellite

• space capsule

Each orbit that a planet makes around the sun

• rotation

• revolution

• translation

• circumference

the sun's atmosphere

• chromosphere

• stratosphere

• thermosphere

• exosphere

planet that has the most violent weather

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Saturn

dark spots on the photosphere of the sun that may be related to solar storms

• solar flares

• sunspots

• coronal holes

• solar prominences

planet closest to the earth, sometimes called Earth's twin, and is the brightest object in the morning sky

• Mars

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Mercury

How does Earth's location and characteristics evidence God's care for man?

• It is the only place where man can live in his natural state

• It is the perfect distance from the sun

• The atmosphere helps maintain the warmth from the sun and filters out the sun's harmful rays

• It has the most diverse ecosystems in the universe

the only planet where man can survive

• Mars

• Venus

• Earth

• Jupiter

What determines the seasons on Earth?

• the tilt of Earth as it revolves around the sun

• the distance of Earth from the sun

• the rotation speed of Earth

• the gravitational pull of the moon

any object that orbits another object

• planet

• asteroid

• satellite

• comet