Solar System

Which is the largest object in our solar system?

• Sun

• Jupiter

• Earth

• Pluto

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

• gas

• metal

• water

• rock

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The moon is a natural ______ of Earth.

• comet

• axis

• satellite

• space probe

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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

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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

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Which factor makes Earth different from all the other planets in the solar system in its ability to support life?

• The Earth is exposed to rays from the sun.

• The Earth has only one moon that orbits around it.

• The Earth rotates in an elliptical orbit around the sun.

• The Earth has a breathable atmosphere.

Which outer planets have rings?

• Just Saturn

• Saturn and Jupiter

• Jupiter, Neptune, and Saturn

• all 4 of them

Many of the tests for vehicle and spacesuit development take place in Black Point Lava Flow in Arizona. This site was most likely chosen because

• the desert site has weather most like the Moon or Mars

• the desert has plants and animals most like the Moon or Mars

• the desert site is most like the surface of the Moon or Mars

• the desert site has a temperature most like the Moon or Mars

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A student made a model of how the Earth, Moon, and Sun orbit. She used ping-pong balls to represent each one. She painted each one a different color. Then, she placed the Moon and Earth close together and the Sun much further away.What is one limitation of the student's model?

• She used the same size balls.

• She made Earth orbit the sun.

• She moved the Sun away from the Earth and Moon.

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