Solar System

Seasonal Climate Changes are the result of...

• Earth's tilt and revolution around the sun
• the coming and going of ice ages
• the formation of sunspots
• Earth's rotation on its axis

• Mercury is about 13 times farther from the sun than Jupiter
• Mercury is about 1/3 the distance from the sun than Jupiter
• Mercury is 1/13 the distance from the sun than Jupiter. 
• Mercury is about 3 times farther from the sun than Jupiter. 

The planets known as gas giants are also called..

• inner planets
• outer planets
• terrestrial planets
• the planets between the sun and asteroid belt

• A topographic map
• A star chart
• A planetary guide
• A fault graph

How can you use the picture?

• To identify landforms
• To identify moons in the universe
• To identify star patterns
• To identify where earthquakes will form

Why does a ball thrown in the air fall back to Earth? 

• It runs out of energy
• Air resistance causes it to fail
• Earth pulls it back down without touching it
• It loses inertia

Marissa saw a muddy puddle in the street in the morning. by 2 o'clock, the puddle had disappeared. Which of the best inference about what happened?

• It was very cold throughout the day
• It was sunny and hot throughout the day
• The water rolled down a hill
• It was windy throughout the day

Which planet is closest to the sun?

• Earth
• Saturn
• Mercury
• Mars

• There are four planets in our solar system
• Earth is farther from the sun than Venus
• Mars moves around the sun more quickly than Earth
• Mars rotates more slowly than Mercury. 

Which planet rotates on its side?

• Mercury
• Uranus
• Jupiter
• Neptune