Space Science Review

In a diagram depicting the solar system as heliocentric, what is located at the center?

• Earth

• the sun

• the moon

• Mars

The moon most likely formed

• from a collision of Earth with a Mars-sized object.

• in another region of space and drifted toward Earth.

• from material in the solar system that came together.

• in the same way as Earth was formed.

The big bang theory explains the

• origin of the universe.

• life cycle of a star.

• Doppler effect.

• arrangement of constellations.

Which of the following provides support for the big bang theory?

• red shift

• cosmic microwave background radiation

• elliptical galaxies

• both red shift and cosmic microwave radiation

Which of the following groups are all terrestrial planets?

• Venus, Mars, Mercury

• Mars, Venus, Saturn

• Jupiter, Mars, Neptune

• Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter

Which of the following groups of planets are all gas giants?

• Neptune, Saturn, Jupiter

• Venus, Mars, Saturn

• Mars, Venus, Mercury

• Mars, Jupiter, Neptune

Many of the Moon's craters formed when:

• Volcanoes erupted
• Seas evaporated
• The Sun partly melted the surface
• Space objects hit the Moon's surface

The asteroid belt in our solar system is located between:

• Neptune & Saturn
• Earth & Mercury
• The Milky Way & Polaris
• Mars & Jupiter

How many stars are in our solar system?

• 0

• 1

• 2

• 3

What phase of the moon is the one circled?

• New Moon

• 1st Quarter

• Full Moon

• 3rd Quarter