Earth Space Final Review

Which planet is closest to the sun?

• Uranus
• Mercury
• Neptune
• Earth

Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of _______

• gas
• metal
• water
• rock

Earth's ________ on its axis causes day and night.

• rotation
• revolution
• phase
• comet

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One full orbit of an object around another object is called a ________.

• axis
• rotation
• revolution
• satellite

One of the main differences between the outer and inner planets is __________.

• The inner planets all have water
• the inner planets are much bigger than the outer planets
• the outer planets are gas planets
• the outer planets have rings, and the inner planets don't

Besides changing the distance between objects how else can we change the force of gravity?

• Change their atmosphere
• Change their rotation
• Change their mass
• Change their volume

The planet with the shortest year is

• Earth
• Neptune
• Pluto
• Mercury

A[n] ______________ tide occurs when the sun is at right angles to the line between Earth and the moon. 

• high
• neap
• low
• spring

A[n] ___________ tide occurs when the sun, Earth, and the moon are nearly in a line. 

• spring
• high
• low
• neap

During a solar eclipse...

• The sun is blocked by the moon
• The Earth is blocked moon
• The moon is blocked by the sun
• You are blocked