Chapter 8 Science

Which of the these are the 4 inner planets?

• Mercury, Earth, Venus, and Pluto

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

• Venus Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune

• Saturn Neptune, Pluto and Mercury

An asteroid is

• a chunk of rock or metal that orbits the sun

• ice and dust

• The Sun and Earth's moons

• A giant storm on a planet

What is used to make objects look closer?

• light years

• gravity

• Telescope

• mirror

What is a group of stars that appear to form a picture in the night sky?

• asteriods

• constellation

• telescope

• rotation

What is a group of stars that appear to form a picture in the night sky?

• asteriods

• constellation

• telescope

• rotation

What is a hot sphere of gases in space that makes its own light?

• Stars

• comets

• planets

• asteriods

What is one complete trip around the Sun called

• axis

• orbit

• rotation

• revolution

What is the moon casting a shadow on Earth called?

• Lunar Eclipse

• Solar Eclipse

• moonlight

• phases

What is a real or imaginary line that a spinning object turns around?

• revolution

• roation

• orbit

• axis

What causes day and night?

• rotation on Earth's axis

• revolution on Earth's axis

• apparent motion

• orbit