Science 8 Ch 22-23 Test Review

Because of its distance from the sun, the fastest revolving planet is _________________

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

________________________ introduced a heliocentric model.

• Copernicus

• Ptolemy

• Galileo

• Aristotle

The following are listed in alphabetic order. Now list them in the correct order of possible occurrence: meteor, meteoroid, meteorite

________________________ is the planet that is brighter than all other planets.

• Venus

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Mercury

The distinction of Jovian planets is that they are all made mostly of ________________.

• gas

• rock

• ice

• metal

All known planets revolve around the ________________.

• sun

• moon

• earth

• mars

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A year is the amount of time it takes the ________________ to orbit the ________________________.

• planet, sun

• moon, earth

• star, galaxy

• comet, asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

________________________ formulated three laws of planetary motion.

• Kepler

• Newton

• Galileo

• Copernicus

The state of matter of the sun’s surface is ________________________.

• plasma

• solid

• liquid

• gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

________________________ is the planet that is famous for its huge cyclonic storm known as the Great Red Spot.

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Venus

• Saturn