Solar System Review

What unit is used to describe distances in space

• Miles

• Hours

• Light Years

Which planet is most likely to be gaseous and not rocky

• Mercury, because planets closer to the sun are more likely to be made of gas, like the nebula.

• Earth, because the atmosphere consists of nitrogen, oxygen, and other gases, so it is a gaseous planet

• Neptune, because as the planets get farther from the sun, their composition is more icy and gaseous.

When looking into the nighttime sky, you can see the ___________________________.

• Solar System

• Milky way Galaxy

• Andromeda Galaxy

As the clouds collapsed, they would __________________ and form clumps of matter.

• Spin

• Collide

• Expand

How does the sun’s angle change throughout the year?

• The sun’s angle does not change that much

• The sunlight hitting Earth stays exactly the same all throughout the year.

• The sun is more directly overhead during the summer months than in the winter months.

• The sun’s angle changes because of the revolution of the sun around the Earth

The inner planets

• Are larger than the outer planets

• Are rocky and smaller than the outer planets

• Consist of Venus, Jupiter, and Neptune

The Earth’s tilted axis is the reason Earth has

• Night and day

• Seasons throughout the year

• Hurricanes

How are dwarf planets different from regular planets?

• They are smaller and do not clear their orbits.

• They are larger and made of gas

• They are not any different than regular planets

Telescopes

• Help you see further into space

• Help things get bigger

• is the nickname of Mallorys Space Gas Station

A Black Hole

• Is where Mr. D'Orios Heart should be

• Has gravity so strong that not even light can escape it

• Occurs when the fuel of a star begins to run out so the star begins to expand